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Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses... by elif on Saturday March 07, 2020 @03:20PM (#22513772)
It could be more than simply obsecurity. Maybe they left a backdoor for themselves?
Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses... by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:55PM (#22514421)
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 (#22514568)
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 (#22516772)
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 (#22528759)
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.