Iron Dome scored 90% plus kill rate in recent combat firings

[Lankan Ranger]

Iron Dome scored 90% plus kill rate in recent combat firings

During its latest combat deployment, Iron Dome achieved a 100 per cent success rate in identifying incoming threats, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems told Jane's during a briefing at the recent Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition in London. The success rate for interceptions was more than 90 per cent.

One failure to achieve an interception was due to the fact that the deployment location in Israel of the first two batteries to be fielded had been chosen in order to try to protect three cities, so it was less than optimal.

The system had been deployed in response to a sharp increase in rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Following a 7 August decision to deploy a single battery near Ashkelon, the first interceptions were achieved during the night of 18-19 August. The second battery was deployed to the region on 21 August in order to increase the size of the area being protected, and the third was deployed near Ashdod by 31 August.

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[Archdemon]

Not bad for the first operational test

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

90% kill rate against what? 2000 year old rockets

 

[SpArK]

90% kill rate against what? 2000 year old rockets

Qassam rockets, Grad rockets, and mortar shells

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Oh so ita just against hamas, other countries are getting much stuff than that.
but why would they use a 30,000 dollar missile to shoot down a rocket that cost a few thousand...

 

[SpArK]

Oh so ita just against hamas, other countries are getting much stuff than that.
but why would they use a 30,000 dollar missile to shoot down a rocket that cost a few thousand...

Value for life
... its complicated...

 

[Archdemon]

Oh so ita just against hamas, other countries are getting much stuff than that.
but why would they use a 30,000 dollar missile to shoot down a rocket that cost a few thousand...

Because that of a few hundreds dollar pipes can cause damage much greater than 30,000 dollar cost of interceptor, your reasoning is so flawed.

What other countries and stuff are you talking about?

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

I though israel was just creating this for hamas so i said there is not point as their weapons are outdated.

 

[500]

90% kill rate against what? 2000 year old rockets

Against 40 km modified Grads. Iran started production of these Grads only in 2000-es.

 

[mnd]

I like how they manipulate statistics. They claim this system will give protection, and cost effectiveness, clearly will not. And why?

This is intended against casual launches of primitive rockets, used for terror. Cost difference between them and Iron Dome interceptor is ridiculous. Their "cost-effectiveness" is only foolish marketing.

And from where they get such a kill ratio?

- These primitive rockets are highly innacurate. Of all casual launches, very few will reach destination.

- Number of rockets intercepted by system will be neglible as result. From there they get these 90%/100% figures, as if they had taken all !

Iron Dome may be good from preventing terror effect (psychological effect, if even worth the expense). But for real military conflict better forget about it.

 

[bubble123]

i agree in the real world the the sheer amount of rocket,mortars will overwhelm the system.

Nevertheless most of the Israel citizenry is European and would pack their bags at the first sign of threat so its a very good system against physiological warfare.

Though how Israel can afford such things even with the American aid remains a mystery.

 

[Archdemon]

I like how they manipulate statistics. They claim this system will give protection, and cost effectiveness, clearly will not. And why?

This is intended against casual launches of primitive rockets, used for terror. Cost difference between them and Iron Dome interceptor is ridiculous. Their "cost-effectiveness" is only foolish marketing.

And from where they get such a kill ratio?

- These primitive rockets are highly innacurate. Of all casual launches, very few will reach destination.

- Number of rockets intercepted by system will be neglible as result. From there they get these 90%/100% figures, as if they had taken all !

Iron Dome may be good from preventing terror effect (psychological effect, if even worth the expense). But for real military conflict better forget about it.

Clearly you have no knowledge nor mental capacity to discuss this subject. 100% refers to predictable destination of threats i.e. the radar and the computer successfully predicted where all threats will impact, 90% refers to success rate of intercepting those rockets which where predicted to impact area of protection choose by system operator. So for example, if 100 rockets were fired from Gaza the system managed predict with 100% where all rockets will impact, the system recognized that 10 out of 100 rockets will impact protected area and sent interceptors which managed with 90% success to destroy the threats, which mean one rocket did managed to hit protected area. There are no analogues of such system in the world, US interested in Iron Dome Rafael Team with Raytheon to Offer Iron Dome in the U.S. | Defense Update
so do S.Korea and hopefully many more.

 

[mnd]

i agree in the real world the the sheer amount of rocket,mortars will overwhelm the system.

Nevertheless most of the Israel citizenry is European and would pack their bags at the first sign of threat so its a very good system against physiological warfare.

Exactly

Clearly you have no knowledge nor mental capacity to discuss this subject. 100% refers to predictable destination of threats i.e. the radar and the computer successfully predicted where all threats will impact, 90% refers to success rate of intercepting those rockets which where predicted to impact area of protection choose by system operator. So for example, if 100 rockets were fired from Gaza the system managed predict with 100% where all rockets will impact, the system recognized that 10 out of 100 rockets will impact protected area and sent interceptors which managed with 90% success to destroy the threats, which mean one rocket did managed to hit protected area.

You did not undestood? That is what I said.

Because these home made rockets are so innacurate, a very reduced amount will cause a marginal effect.

System will designate those few, so how many intercepts? two rockets of an entire battery? Result claim is 100 % success. Hell of a system lol. Of course against anything serious, there is little effect.

There are no analogues of such system in the world, US interested in Iron Dome Rafael Team with Raytheon to Offer Iron Dome in the U.S. | Defense Update
so do S.Korea and hopefully many more.

That means nothing for now. Only feature of this system is excessive cost.

 

[Archdemon]

This system is not build to stand alone in a conflict, it is one of many tiers of air defense and of a whole army, just like there is air force, land force, sea force... there are planes tanks vessels which have their own functionality and designation. Iron dome foremost with high priority will protect installations with strategic importance such as airfield, army bases, electricity plants, ports etc and not residential areas, what is your beef? you think people at MoD are stupid? Rafael engineers are dumb? system was built for specific needs, to please you and make it "sense" in your eyes is not one of its needs

 

[500]

And from where they get such a kill ratio?

From actual interceptions.

i agree in the real world the the sheer amount of rocket,mortars will overwhelm the system.

In real world there will be massive counterbattery fire.

Nevertheless most of the Israel citizenry is European and would pack their bags at the first sign of threat so its a very good system against physiological warfare.

We live under constant threat, we had hundreds of suicide bombings and thousands of rockets only in past decade.

When Arabs started war in 1973 many thousands of Israelis who worked and studied in USA at that time returned and voluntered to army. Among them current Israeli PM Netanyahu.

Dont judge Israelis according to yourself.