How did Israel's air defense systems perform? In the face of Iran's counterattack, Israel's air defense once again failed to play a significant role. Iranian missiles not only hit dozens of targets, destroying the Israeli Defense Forces headquarters, Army headquarters, National Security Ministry, and the Tel Aviv chemical plant complex, but also caused widespread power outages across Israel. The alarm software for Israel's air defense alert system even crashed due to the alarms. With a total population of 10 million in Israel, 4 million people had to take shelter during this incident. Israel has deployed the following air defense systems: 1. Three batteries of the so-called domestically produced "Arrow-2/3" air defense system, with 24 launchers. In reality, the missiles are mainly produced in the United States, and Israel frequently needs to import from the U.S. 2. Four batteries of the U.S. "Patriot" system, with 32 launchers. 3. Ten batteries of the "Iron Dome," with 40 launchers. These are primarily used to intercept rockets from Hamas and Hezbollah, but they are basically unable to intercept ballistic missiles. This time, one battery of Iron Dome fired 10 interception missiles but still failed to intercept the Iranian missiles. 4. Two batteries of the "David's Sling" system, with 12 launchers. However, this system can only intercept low-speed short-range ballistic missiles and is basically unable to intercept faster medium-range ballistic missiles. 5. Two batteries of the "THAAD" system, which the U.S. has already pre-positioned in Israel. A total of 12 launchers. Globally, the U.S. has nine batteries of THAAD, with an annual production of only 80 missiles, and this is after speeding up production. Using more THAAD missiles in the Middle East means fewer can be used elsewhere in the world. Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834862299478016/ Disclaimer: The article represents the views of the author.