kilobitch t1_iue4df0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:16 PM

Reply to comment by Candelestine in Ukraine says Iran’s help for Russia should push Israel out of neutral stance by Lahampsink

Israel barely has enough Iron Dome batteries to protect itself. They aren’t selling them en masse on the open market. I think the US might possess 2 batteries. There’s no way Israel would risk their own safety by selling off currently deployed ID batteries to Ukraine or anyone else. And it’s a huge risk that it could be captured by Russia and intel on it then passed on to Iran.

watson895 t1_iufd9m7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Israel is pretty much the ideal country when it comes to missile defense. Very small, dense and with a small area where rocket attacks originate. Ukraine would needs orders of magnitude more batteries to get the same results.

falconzord t1_iuea8t2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:54 PM

What is they deployed it in Kyiv well beyond Russian reach? It would also let them test it out against Iranian weapons

kilobitch t1_iueb2ik wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:59 PM

ID isn’t designed to intercept the kinds of missiles and drones Russia is using against Kyiv. It’s for short range rockets and artillery.

And again, they don’t have any to spare.

Common_Ad_6362 t1_iufasdz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:56 PM

It's also likely propaganda and some AA batteries being fired at homemade rockets coming from a third world country.