US buys Israeli Iron dome, de facto admits Patriot missile failures
The US Army on Wednesday announced that it would buy an Israeli missile-defense system to protect its soldiers in a de facto admission that existing US missile defenses just don’t work.
Israel’s Iron Dome system took a $429 million investment from the US in 2014 and, since then, has successfully intercepted more than 1,000 incoming projectiles.
The US’s comparable Patriot missile-defense system hasn’t faced much opposition, but in the hands of Saudi Arabia it has failed spectacularly against modest threats.
The Army said the Iron Dome buy is only a stopgap, and they’ll keep looking at other options.
But that’s just a nice way of saying it passed over the Patriot.
The US Army on Wednesday announced that it would buy an Israeli missile-defense system to protect its soldiers in a de facto admission that existing US missile defenses just don’t work.
“The U.S. Army has announced its intent to procure a limited number of Iron Dome weapon systems to fill its short-term need for an interim Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC),” a US Army statement sent to Business Insider read.
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