Israel Matzav: Defense expert: Iron Dome is a scam

Defense expert: Iron Dome is a scam

A defense expert has slammed the IDF for exaggerating claims about the effectiveness of the Iron Dome anti-missile system.

Former IAF fighter pilot, military analyst and proffessor at Tel Aviv University, Reuven Pedatzur, recently slammed the IDF for misleading the public about the effectiveness of the new Iron Dome anti-missile system, as swell as the older Arrow system.

“The Iron Dome is a scam. The flight-time of a Kassam rocket to Sderot is 14 seconds, while the time the Iron Dome needs to identify a target and fire some 15 seconds. This means it can’t defend against anything fired from fewer than five kilometers; but it probably couldn’t defend against anything fired from 15 km either. Since each Iron Dome missile costs about $100,000 and each Kassam $5, all the Palestinians need to do is build and launch a ton of rockets and hit our pocketbook.”

“There are also enough simple countermeasures that can be deployed to make the effectiveness of the Arrow basically zero,” he added.

That's funny. I said the same thing two years ago and argued that they should buy an American system that was already deployable back then.

Israel Matzav: Defense expert: Iron Dome is a scam