Iran's Missiles Are Getting Through

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Iran’s Missiles Are Getting Through

March 28, 2026 at 9:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/28/irans-missiles-are-getting-through/

“Israel has begun rationing its use of high-end missile interceptors, hoping to preserve stocks of its most capable defensive weapons in the face of daily Iranian barrages that haven’t let up through four weeks of war,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“A pair of Iranian ballistic missiles recently scored direct hits on the towns of Dimona and Arad after Israel tried and failed to intercept them with modified versions of less advanced munitions.”

“Israel faced another alarming bombardment Thursday, with residents reporting sirens going off constantly and several missile hits across the country.”

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1. So the "Iron Dome" isn't so sturdy, huh? Nt

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2. It's 'first line' defensive capability, that would be deployed against an initial attack are spectacularly good.

But very, very expensive.

Being a neighbor, Iran has had ample opportunity to observe this system and has found a pretty obvious weakness in that Israel can't keep firing 20 million dollar missiles for a very long stretch.

Had any actual military tactician been involved in planning this fiasco that weakness would have been pointed out at the first meeting. But you already know what happened there.

[OGBuzz]

4. Expensive? No worries, Donald has Bibi's back. Always.

I wonder how much of that $200 billion is destined for Israel as military aid.

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3. It's not bad but apparently cannot be run 24/7 for weeks on end

I’m amazed to hear that we are running out of munitions ourselves. What are we paying trillions for and how vulnerable are we after Trump’s fiasco?

Guess the lesson (that should have been learned 25 years ago) is that no one is invincible.