Israel's Iron Dome vs Iran Missile

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Israel’s Iron Dome faces its toughest test yet. With Iran’s missile arsenal growing in power and numbers, can the Iron Dome really protect Israeli skies in a full-scale war? This in-depth video explores Iran’s missiles, Iron Dome’s true capability, and the future of missile defense in modern warfare.

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00:00they say no missile can touch tel aviv they say the sky belongs to israel but what if the sky

00:13itself turns against them hundreds of missiles launched within minutes a storm of fire and steel

00:21and only one shield standing in between the iron dome but now with iran's growing missile arsenal

00:28and new threats in 2025 a single question echoes across the middle east and beyond can israel's

00:35iron dome survive an all-out war this is not just a battle of weapons it's a battle of strategy

00:42technology and survival the iron dome was born from fear after the 2006 war with hezbollah

00:50israel realized that rockets were no longer just battlefield tools they were political weapons

00:55terror tools tools that could strike fear into civilians by 2011 the first iron dome battery was

01:05deployed built by rafal advanced defense systems with major support from the united states this

01:11revolutionary system had one job to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells

01:17before they reach israeli territory it consists of three main components detection and tracking radar

01:25battle management control unit missile firing unit with tamir interceptors each iron dome battery can

01:33defend around 60 to 70 square kilometers but it comes at a cost one single interceptor missile costs up

01:42to one hundred thousand dollars in contrast some of the rockets it's intercepting cost as little as

01:48one thousand dollars or even less this is economic warfare every time iran or its proxies like hamas or

01:56hezbollah fire cheap rockets israel response with million dollar defenses in the short term iron dome saves lives

02:04but in the long run the balance may shift because iran isn't standing still iran is not just a country

02:13it's a network of resistance from lebanon to syria from iraq to yemen iran's missile power stretches across

02:21the region and in 2025 this arsenal has reached terrifying new levels fateh-110 precision short-range

02:31ballistic missile range up to 300 kilometers deadly in swarm attacks shahab 3 mid-range ballistic missile

02:42can hit telaviv from deep inside iran sejil two-stage solid fuel missile faster longer range harder to

02:52intercept fatta hypersonic iran's biggest card claim to fly at mac 13 to 15

03:01maneuverable mid-air even iron dome isn't built to handle this but missiles aren't their only weapon

03:08drone swarms iran has pioneered low-cost kamikaze drones like the shahat 136 now infamous in ukraine

03:17syria and beyond in large numbers these drones overwhelm defense systems and they cost far less

03:24than iron dome interceptors israel claims a 90 success rate for iron dome but war doesn't care

03:31about percentages in may 2021 during the 11 day gaza conflict over 4 300 rockets were fired into israel

03:40iron dome intercepted many but not all several missiles struck cities like ashkelow stirot and even

03:49tel aviv critics argue that the saturation tactic is iron dome's weakness if too many missiles are

03:56launched at once the system simply can't handle them all and iran has taken note in a future war

04:04iran wouldn't just rely on hamas it would unleash multiple fronts hezbollah in lebanon shia militias in

04:11iraq houthis from yemen all launching rockets and drones simultaneously iron dome would be facing not

04:18dozens but hundreds maybe thousands of threats in minutes the answer is not simple in a small-scale

04:26battle iron dome is incredibly effective it has saved thousands of lives but in a full-scale war with iran

04:34iran could potentially launch precision guided missiles drone swarms hypersonic warheads attacks

04:45from land sea and air all at once and then there's hezbollah with an estimated 150 000 rockets just

04:54across israel's northern border even with david's sling and arrow three israel's other defense layers the

05:01sky could quickly become too crowded israel's defense is not infinite it can be overwhelmed and iron dome is

05:09not a shield over the whole nation it protects cities not the countryside it defends lives not always

05:17property a failed iron dome doesn't just threaten israel it shakes the entire global security system

05:26why because if israel with american technology real-time intelligence and billions in funding

05:32can't protect itself then what about other nations what happens to south korea under north korea's missile

05:40threat what happens to saudi arabia with haughty drones the iron dome is not just a wall over israel

05:48it's a test of defense itself in the modern missile era there's something more dangerous than missiles

05:54that is fear when sirens blare in tel aviv when families rush to bunkers in tehran when children wake

06:03up to explosions it's not just a physical war it's psychological warfare iran doesn't need every missile

06:11to land it just needs people to feel unsafe and that fear is harder to intercept than any rocket

06:19so can iron dome survive iran's missile storm technically maybe economically possibly

06:29psychologically it's already under siege but maybe the real question is not whether a defense system

06:35can save us maybe the real question is how long will we keep building higher walls instead of longer

06:42tables because missiles don't bring peace shields don't end wars they delay destruction they don't

06:51prevent it the iron dome is a marvel of engineering but even iron can melt in the fire of hatred

06:59and in this new age of warfare it's not just who has better weapons it's who has the courage to step

07:05back from the edge drop a comment can any country really be safe in the age of missiles

07:10if you found this breakdown informative don't forget to like share and subscribe thanks for watching

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