TBH, I think the Israel iron dome system is justified. Bombing Palestinians is not.
One is defensive and one is a genocide over land. Not really a hard choice for sane people.
It could be argued that Israel is free to unleash their campaign of genocide because the people in Israel do not experience the horrors themselves. There is no pressure to reach an agreement. Bringing the hostages back has been the only rallying cry by Israelis, but other than that, actually ending the genocide doesn’t have much support.
It’s similar to how so many consumer goods are produced through the use of slavery. That distance and lack of visibility mean there is little pressure from consumers to stop those practices.
The iron dome enables the genocide.
Not really a hard choice for sane people.
So basically, your perspective is that a system that protects Israeli civilians is immoral because every single Israeli is immoral? Yeah, that seems very sane. /s
Defense of a state that is actively engaging in genocide is a problem.
The Iron Dome stops attacks on military targets, blame Israel for hiding behind civilians as it launches its missiles and drones from US provided safety.
We do blame Israel. In the mean time, this piece of technology is actively saving the lives of innocent people. Of all the weird things to be upset about, the one that’s explicitly defensive maybe the weirdest.
This is bordering on misinformation but I’m not going to act on that.
The Iron Dome is primarily used to protect civilians, although it may also incidentally or occasionally be used to protect military targets as well.
Israel does not use its own citizens as cover for military operations. Here is a map of military bases in Israel, which are separate from civilians as required by international law.
There is no similar map of military sites in Gaza because Hamas uses civilian cover for military operations, including launching international attacks, from schools, mosques, churches, and hospitals.
Implying that Israel gives even the remotest shit about international law seems like misinformation.
IIRC correctly Geneva conventions only apply if both sides adhere to it
Iron enables the genocide.
Not really a hard choice for sane people.
Nice alt account bro
No idea what that means 😂
There is zero justification for a colonial apartheid ethnostate. Over seventy years of crimes against humanity are not worth defending.
That’s actually a very low price for an anti-air missile. For comparison, the Stinger shoulder-fired missile costs more than twice as much. A Patriot missile costs four million dollars (but is much more capable). Presumably minimizing cost was a high priority when this missile was designed. Nonetheless, the cost asymmetry is one reason why degrading the ability of Hamas and Hezbollah to fire missiles at Israel is important.
Absolutely. In the late '80s I was part of an anti-tank guided missile evaluation; each rocket cost around $70k then, so around $185k per today.
Also, depends on what version and flavor of PAC it is
It’s expensive AF to operate which is why Israel has been working hard on “Iron Beam”, which uses lasers instead of missiles, to supplement it and reduce the cost of operation. Iron Beam is supposed to become active in 2025.
Ukraine doesn’t have Iron Dome because of cost and scale. Israel is 22,145 square kilometers while Ukraine is 603,628 square kilometers. It probably cost 10 Billion to build an Israel sized Iron Dome so a Ukraine sized one would cost upwards of $300 Billion and operating the thing would like be a billion dollars a month for active combat.
As an aside the United States also has ground based directed energy weapons. There’s even a 50KW mobile version built on the Stryker platform called DE M-SHORAD. 100KW+ versions are supposed to be rolling out next year.
Iron Beam sounds like the Temu version of Iron Dome
I hate war and all of that, but shooting missiles with Lasers sounds really fucking cool
That doesn’t sound like an unreasonable price for a missile interceptor; those things have to be fast and precise. If anything, it looks like they have reasonable economies of scale going for them.
Cheap for a missile, but using soft power tends to be more effective, both economically and less destructive. You know, like not pissing off all your neighbors and taking folk’s land.
Each missile per missile? Dang.
TIL Each missile fired by Israel cost $15k to build and the US taxpayer paid 40-50k for them to line the pockets of a few billionaires
Sorted that title for you
We can haz better healthcare and less income inequality?
Ugh, that title.
The system can be overwhelmed by having too many incoming rockets, so it does have its limits.
Meanwhile they’re not even supplying Gaza with Iron Dome to protect civilians from the ongoing genocide…smh
If you don’t mind me ask what does smh mean?
Shake/Shaking my head
I always thought it was ‘so much hate’. Have I been wrong this whole time?
Nah. I’ve been thinking the same all the while on reddit. Trust Lemmy to be a place where I learn things.
It essentially prevented a full scale armed conflict like this past year from 2011-2023. How many lives has it saved over that 12 years?
Hope it bankrupts them.
Why would it? The US is paying for it.
The US? Cause that’s who’s paying.
So you hope that Hamas and Hezbollah continue firing rockets at civilians?
I hope Israel stops committing genocide and slaughtering civilians.
How about ending the colonization? That’s the only way to peace.
Alright, so what land do Israelis get and what land do Palestinians get? No matter your answer, one side is going to be pissed which leads to more conflict.
Almost everybody who want a two state solution believe in the pre-1967 borders. I personally prefer a one stste solution thought
A two-state confederation seems good to me. Independent national governance, with bilateral laws for basic things like residency rights across the states and local voting rights based on residency.
Israelis can return to their countries of origin.
Sure bud. Just like all of the Americans can…
It’s only been seventy years, bud. Maybe they should have conducted themselves like decent fucking human beings, but that of course would be the antithesis of the colonizer ethos
Maybe learn some history? Jews have been moving to/from Israel for pretty much as long as Judaism has existed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah
Usually there are waves when they start getting persecuted in said countries of origin.
They aren’t civilians, they are colonists.
What happens after it bankrupts them?
They would no longer be in position of power to decide the term of a potential two state solution
So no Israel is bankrupt and has no power or military capabilities, who has the power to decide what kind of solution is enacted?
The lives they kill are worth so much more so its worth it to them?
How do they justify stuff like this.
“We think these people are worthless and we want their land. So now we spend big capital destroying that land”
Not a single rhetoric i can make up with makes even evil sense.
What is their left to gain after all the costs?
The lives they kill are worth so much more so its worth it to them?
The Iron Dome is defensive. It kills rockets, not people.
Colonists can never claim to be defending themselves.
I believe the Iron Dome is literally just a defensive tool though, like it intercepts missiles fired at it
