Dozens of light spots pierced the interception at the same time, causing confusion in Israel, and leaving the people of Tel Aviv in a panic!
At night on March 2nd, the night sky over Tel Aviv was torn apart. Before the piercing sound of the air defense alarm had even faded, dozens of brilliant light spots like sharp swords instantly pierced through Israel's proud "Iron Dome" and "David's Sling" defense systems. This scene left the Israeli public, who were used to successful interception, in an unprecedented panic, and also raised huge doubts about the reliability of Israel's proud air defense system.
This time, Iran did not launch a traditional single-warhead attack, but rather a highly targeted "terminal dispersion" tactic. Iran launched a medium-range ballistic missile. This missile may have had only one warhead for most of its flight, but the key lies in its action after entering the dense atmosphere. Just as the missile was diving at hypersonic speed and about to reach the target area, it suddenly "bloomed." The missile released 24 submunitions in the air, divided into six groups, four each, spreading out a coverage net like flowers falling from the sky.
This explains why the interception system failed. Israel's air defense ace - "Patriot-3" and "David's Sling" - were designed to intercept single targets flying at high speed within the atmosphere. Their radar locking logic and interceptor missile maneuverability were optimized for "point-to-point" hard-kill.
However, faced with 24 sudden high-speed descent points, the fire control channels of the interception system were instantly overwhelmed. It's like you have only a sniper rifle in your hand, but the opponent suddenly throws a basket of hand grenades at you. Even if you react quickly, you can't possibly explode all the hand grenades in the air in one or two seconds.
Dao Ge believes that the reason this attack caused panic among the people of Tel Aviv was not only due to the visual impact, but more importantly, the collapse of the psychological defense line. In recent years, Israel has built a seemingly impenetrable layered interception network, from the outer "Arrow" to the middle "David's Sling," and then to the short-range "Iron Dome," creating an illusion of "absolute safety" for the public. However, the fact last night proved that as long as the attacking side changes the deployment strategy and creates chaos at the terminal stage by using the advantage of numbers, this expensive defense system would show obvious loopholes.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858602571470848/
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