[DugwayDuke]

And rockets cost around $1000.

[BobL]

“And rockets cost around $1000.”

Plus shipping. Ever try to smuggle a rocket into a territory that is constantly being watched by drones. Certainly doable, if you break them into parts, and do a little at a time, and then you have to assemble them.

Hamas will run out of rockets well before Israel runs out of resources to shoot them down - you can bank on that.

[El Gato]

To determine cost effectiveness, you don't look at the cost of the system thwarted, you look at the value of the asset protected.

A Patriot costs a lot more. Only thing that might be cheaper, and could work, is a ground based high energy laser. Incremental cost per shot would likely be fairly low, but overall system cost might be higher than Iron Dome