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captainswirlyyesterday at 2:30 PM1 replyview on HN

This is rocket defense, not missile defense.

Pretty much nothing can stop those ICBMs - those aren't rockets.

If you dig deeper than mainstream news - Iran is lighting Israel up with those ICBMs, but they don't use them too often.


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nerfbatplzyesterday at 2:34 PM

Technically Iran fires SRBMs and MRBMs not ICBMs. They intentionally gimp their missiles to avoid advertising ICBM range as a way of placating Europe.

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