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IDF deploys Patriot battery in Eilat
Yoav Zitun
Published: 03.05.14, 21:21
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1. you dumbbells-patriots did not work during 1991 war
alexi   (05.03.14)
patriots did not work in 1992 vs saddam. Unless idf did the adaptation, they will not work now. israel should be rushing extra iron dome off production but bibi is too dumb to understand that isreal needs 6 more iron dome to cover all of israel now regardless of budget.
2. you dumbbells-patriots did not work during 1991 war
alexi   (05.03.14)
patriots did not work in 1992 vs saddam. Unless idf did the adaptation, they will not work now. israel should be rushing extra iron dome off production but bibi is too dumb to understand that isreal needs 6 more iron dome to cover all of israel now regardless of budget.
3. Iron Dome
Cindy ,   TA Israel   (05.04.14)
Patriots CANNOT replace the Iron Dome!! Alexi said something right. But Alexi is not right in the name-calling!
4. 1
zionist forever   (05.04.14)
The PAC 1 version of the Patriot given to Israel during the Gulf War were never designed for missile interception. The Patriot was originally designed for air defense not missiles but during the war it was quickly converted to be a missile defense system but because that was not what it had originally been designed and the conversion was hurridly done performance was poor. Iron Dome is designed to intercept short range missile like the sort Hamas have whilst Patriot is designed to shoot down balistic missiles, aircraft & UAVS. Two products designed for different roles so just buying more Iron Dome would not provide multiple defenses
5. patriots?
tom ,   toronto, canada   (05.04.14)
the patriot's record in shooting down enemy missiles is horrible: the supposed "kills" consisted of radar tracking to somewhere NEAR the scuds; they prevented NOT ONE hit on israeli cities, or on the american barracks in the gulf that was hit. on the other hand, patriot batteries were very successful in shooting down 2 coalition planes on separate occasions, after misidentifying them as hostile, and almost shot down an american f-16 (he fired first and took out the patriot battery). false alarms are supposedly common with the patriot. i'm sure the hawk is outdated and needs replacing, and i'm sure the idf knows how to operate the patriot properly. let's hope.
6. Number 1 and 2
Joe Daley ,   New York   (05.04.14)
Guess what ? This is not 1990. . Its 24 years later.
7. Thanks American taxpayers (suckers)
Robert   (05.04.14)
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