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Jul
In short: Iron Dome gets attacked as a money pit because each Tamir interceptor costs tens of thousands of dollars while the rockets it stops cost a few hundred. That math misses the point. The system only fires at rockets heading for people or property, so the real comparison is one interceptor against one destroyed building. You have heard the line. A homemade rocket costs a few hundred dollars, an Iron Dome interceptor costs tens of thousands, so Israel is spending itself into a corner. It sounds obvious. It is also comparing the wrong two numbers. קראו גם: מערכת בחירות:…