What Is Israel's Iron Dome and How Does It Work?
Israel's got a powerful weapon in the conflict with Palestine: the Iron Dome defense system. What is it and how does it work? Can the Iron Dome help bring peace to the Israel-Palestine conflict...
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During the Cold War, President Reagan talked a lot about creating a global strategic defense system that would render ballistic missiles “impotent and obsolete”. It was all part of his “Star Wars” program. He saw it as a real chance for world peace, but pretty much everyone else saw it as a dream that was too good to be true. But now with Israel and their Iron Dome defense system shooting down missiles at a shockingly consistent rate, how close are we to realizing that dream? Has the Iron Dome rendered ballistic missiles “Impotent and Obsolete”? Will this really get us closer to world peace? If you follow the Israeli Palestinian conflict you know that the answer to that last question is probably no, but you’re also likely aware of how ineffe...
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During the Cold War, President Reagan talked a lot about creating a global strategic defense system that would render ballistic missiles “impotent and obsolete”. It was all part of his “Star Wars” program. He saw it as a real chance for world peace, but pretty much everyone else saw it as a dream that was too good to be true. But now with Israel and their Iron Dome defense system shooting down missiles at a shockingly consistent rate, how close are we to realizing that dream? Has the Iron Dome rendered ballistic missiles “Impotent and Obsolete”? Will this really get us closer to world peace? If you follow the Israeli Palestinian conflict you know that the answer to that last question is probably no, but you’re also likely aware of how ineffe...
