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Old 06-04-2025, 02:22 PM   #10688
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Originally Posted by Itse View Post
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.
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.
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