• @Turbonics@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 hours ago

    Dumb saturation is the Iron Dome’s nemesis. Even Hamas managed to overwhelm it with a comparatively “small” amount of rockets on October 7.

    Once the batteries are empty all the enemy rockets are going to land.

    • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      Ciws no matter how good so long as it’s a single gun can only intercept a single target at a time. Ciws saturation is literally more than one.

      A single iron dome launcher can intercept 20 from any launcher and track and engage 36 from any one radar iirc.

      Low angle saturation is the weakness of any rocket/artillery interceptor, and depletion issues go the same with any weapon system.