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To: sonofstrangelove

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome


9 posted on 11/04/2009 1:59:14 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (There was a hole here. It's gone now.)
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Iron Dome has been criticized for its prohibitive cost. The estimated cost of the Tamir intercept missile is $35,000–$50,000,[5] whereas a crudely manufactured Qassam rocket does not cost more than a few hundred dollars.

Does not sound "cost effective at the margins".

10 posted on 11/04/2009 2:31:01 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The People have abdicated our duties; ... and anxiously hope for just two things: bread and circuses)
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