Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by elif on Saturday March 07, 2020 @03:20PM
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It could be more than simply obsecurity. Maybe they left a backdoor for themselves?
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Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:55PM
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Maybe they don't trust the US to keep it safe. That's not a dig at US, just the risk assessment any vendor has to deal with.
Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by Aeolun on Saturday March 07, 2020 @05:13PM
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After recent stories on the F-35, maybe not entirely without reason.
Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by numpad0 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:16AM
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Iron Dome is a guided SAM against (unguided) munitions for kill by kinetic hit or close proximity explosion. A ground radar track hostile munitions, fly the missile into its face to kill like a bullet actually hitting another midair.
So they wouldn't like designers of its adversaries to know how to fly shells to avoid it.
Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by elif on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:22PM
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I don't think the US would benefit much from understanding iron dome, as you can likely beat the 14% success rate of Qassam with ramjets, multiple angles of attack, or more than 20 missiles... Not much of a stretch for the US.