Iron Dome

Psychological Warfare Mark Stout, GovStud. Engineers have accused Israel's missile defense system, Iron Dome, of far lower interception rates than the IDF claims. But its real success might not be physical, but psychological.

Reassessing Iron Dome Avi Kober, Begin-Sadat Center. Iron Dome has been praised for its role in protecting civilians during the recent war in Gaza, but it cannot shield those closest to the border—and it has proven ineffective as a deterrent. 

Defeat Hamas. There, I Said It. Andrew Roberts, Tablet. Despite Iron Dome’s success, says Roberts, U.S. commentators have, wrongly, “embraced the assumption that there is simply no way to prevail politically or militarily over Hamas.”

The Story of Iron Dome Charles Levinson, Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal. It was opposed by the top brass and dismissed by American officials; but in seven years, Iron Dome went from a pipe dream to Israel's greatest defensive asset.

Bankrupting Terrorism Akiva Hamilton, Jerusalem Post. Hamas’s Iran-supplied rockets spread terror, but Israel’s Iron Dome defense imposed a cost: Hamas’s strategy may bankrupt Iran, just as Reagan’s “Star Wars” strategy bankrupted the Soviet Union.