r/neoliberal • u/Currymvp2 unflaired • Apr 13 '24

Iran begins attack, launching dozens of drones that'll take hours to arrive News (Middle East)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-iran-begins-attack-on-israel-launching-dozens-of-drones-thatll-take-hours-to-arrive/

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u/Applesintyme NATO Apr 13 '24

The general strategy people seem to think Iran will follow is basically

Launch drones that take a while to get there
When the drones are close, launch missiles. Proxies will also start launching whatever they have to saturate AD

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy Apr 13 '24

I feel like this may end up garnering more support for Iron Dome system investments, not less.

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u/CentJr NATO Apr 13 '24

Eh I doubt it. No AD system can handle this much projectiles

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy Apr 13 '24

I mean invest in more systems to lower the number of projectiles successfully reaching through?

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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride Apr 13 '24

From a requirements engineering perspective, then you have to start making guesses to all the origins and what their max throughput might be. And it might take years to design a system that can meet the requirements. And then resources could be repositioned and you're back to square one.