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Originally Posted by Itse
Yeah Israel's Iron Dome is kinda world famous.
I'm sure Trump doesn't understand the nuances, but Israel and the US however have extremely different needs for a missile defense.
Israel is a geographically small country defending primarily against small short range rockets, missiles, and drones fired by non-peer opponents.
The US is a massive country mostly worried about ICBM:s and possibly missiles fired from submarines by near-peer opponents.
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Not to mention that Israel was attacked by missiles routinely, like sometimes getting hundreds in a year. Investing in that made a lot of sense.
The returns Canada gets for a "dome" protection system for that amount of money isn't worth it.