Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
That was with a few hours of a heads up from Iran. Imagine if they decided not to announce what's coming, when and where? The type of missiles they are using are designed to penetrate the Iron Dome. And we're not discussing Russia/Ukraine (different armament, defense/offense, terrain, etc.) Again, you steadfastly want to ignore what Ritter is saying in favor of your personal supposition and conjecture. Bottom line: insipid stubbornness regarding AIPAC propaganda doesn't cut it anymore.
You truly are an ill-informed idiot on this. One of the systems complementing Iron Dome is Raytheon's Patriot SAM system. This missile system handles ballistic missiles of the tactical, SRBM, and IRBM types quite easily. Iron Dome is mostly for short-range unguided rockets and slow moving (eg., subsonic) drones. Raytheon's Israeli R&D facilities worked closely with their US counterparts to develop those weapons.
Russia and Ukraine lack the level of skilled manpower Israel uses as both rely heavily on draftees and impressed troops. The majority of their systems are of Russian origin and not on the same level as the US and US derived ones the Israelis are using.
https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/what-we-do/integrated-air-and-missile-defense/global-patriot-solutions
https://history.redstone.army.mil/miss-patriot.html
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/patriot/?cf-view
Given that the US has troops in Syria, and Syria as well as Iraq aren't going to be exactly happy with Iran shooting missiles and sending drones over their sovereign territory, the Israelis are going to always get some warning regardless of whether Iran gives them any or not.
So, what one person's opinions on this are is largely irrelevant. The consensus is that Israel has a very competent and technically advanced air defense system while Iran is using one that is largely second rate manned by marginally competent troops. Remember their shooting down an airliner taking off from the civilian international airport in Teran shortly after they launched some ballistic missiles against US forces in Iraq?
Iran has little in the way of a professional military but rather has one that is largely composed of iffy politically and religiously chosen officers, unmotivated conscripts, and a smattering of what might be described as the modern-day equivalent of knights. It's all on a 19th century level of competence.