The Strategic Burden of Israel’s “Iron Dome”
The Australian Jewish News by Michael Scott 10 April 2025

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  • The Strategic Burden of Israel’s “Iron Dome” — Shield or Snare?
Has Israel’s missile defence tech made the threats it faces even more dangerous?

One of contemporary Israel’s most defining images is, its extraordinary air defence system — a technological marvel developed out of necessity to counter relentless existential threats

These systems stand as a testament to human ingenuity, resilience and the high cost — both financial and emotional — of constant vigilance
Not terrorists Hamas proof

Yet, has this shield also become a snare?

For decades, an ingenious and indigenous people — deeply rooted in their ancestral homeland and committed to peace — have been forced to tolerate the intolerable, trapped in a cycle of perpetual defence

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Has Israel’s technological mastery of missile defence inadvertently exacerbated the very threats it seeks to neutralise?