Gleaming trails of bomblets in night sky have become familiar to Israelis as Tehran exploits apparent vulnerability

Gleaming trails of bomblets in night sky have become familiar to Israelis as Tehran exploits apparent vulnerability

The Guardian, which reviewed the impact of dozens of Iranian strikes alongside statements from Israeli officials, has identified at least 19 ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads that penetrated Israeli airspace and struck urban areas since the beginning of the war with Iran on 28 February.

Those attacks have killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, reflecting a broader shift in Iran’s tactics that appears to have exposed a vulnerability in Israel’s air defences.

Since the start of the war, Iran’s cluster munitions – which disperse dozens of bomblets mid-air – have tested Israel’s highly advanced, multi-tier missile defence network, including Iron Dome, which is designed to counter threats across ranges, altitudes and speeds, exposing gaps that interception alone has struggled to close.

  • Goferking0@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    18·
    13 hours ago

    Oh no, the special thing that made Israel feel like invincible and led to them being super aggressive and antagonistic does not work. What ever will those being oppressed by them do!?

    • CanadaPlus@futurology.todayEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      I mean, it still works, it’s just not undefeatable. For the kind of remote attacks Palestinians might launch it’s quite effective.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        They need to start using dirty bombs. Fill their payloads with salt so when the dome blows them up, it salts the land. Optionally, if you can find a way to arc the shrapnel down you could go for a type of cluster munition or shrapnel bomb that is designed to still be deployable after taking a ballistic missile. The options for drones also raises greatly if you have a little know how, but im not sure flying drones would be the way to go.