Israel’s Iron Dome Isn't Working: A Weapons Expert’s Warning

Re:Israel’s Iron Dome Isn't Working: A Weapons Expert’s Warning by ck2 on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @09:07PM (#8072417)

I'm curious how they are ever going to stop handmade rockets.

Apparently all it takes it fertilizer and sugar to make them.

The range is only going to get further as they get more sophisticated.

There were over 2000 of them in 2008 http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket

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Re:Israel’s Iron Dome Isn't Working: A Weapons Expert’s Warning by adventured on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @09:30PM (#8072472)

Lasers have been regarded as the most promising option for the past decade. MTHEL on a humvee for example, was once a hoped for potential solution. Then there's this:

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2013/ma...

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