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Re:Israel's Iron Dome Is Amazing, and That's a Problem by melling on Saturday July 12, 2014 @12:10PM (#8024904)
Hmmmm... So, for every thousand rockets 100 land. If 100 rockets landed in NYC or London, it would be a tragedy. Up the amount of damage per rocket, and things get even uglier more quickly. I'm not really sure why the author thinks one side is winning some sort of public opinion war because they other side is more effective at defending themselves.

At any rate, solving peace in the Middle East isn't going to happen on HN, so perhaps we should skip the topic?

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Re:Israel's Iron Dome Is Amazing, and That's a Problem by dannypgh on Saturday July 12, 2014 @12:23PM (#8024950)
I think the increased role that technology is playing in warfare - e.g. drones, computer-assisted missile defense, etc. is most certainly relevant to our industry. Ignoring the moral questions won't make them go away.
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Re:Israel's Iron Dome Is Amazing, and That's a Problem by throwaway901 on Saturday July 12, 2014 @02:10PM (#8025304)
They land because Iron Dome allows them to pass when they don't hit a populated area. The number of rockets that actually hit targets should be much lower than 10%.
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