Are Israel’s Air Defense Systems an Unmitigated Blessing? No.
By Walter E. Block
Israel has three air defense systems (ADS): Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow. Together, the blast away at incoming missiles, rockets, drones and anything else of that ilk, and render them harmless. Between the three of them, they cover lower heights, medium ones and higher paths of enemy trajectories.
Are they an unmitigated blessing to the only civilized country in the Middle East? At the outset, this seems not only like a stupid question, but an evil one too. It would appear to have only one clear answer: a clear and present yes! Over the last few months, all sorts of armament have come floating in to Israel and raining down on its citizenry, thanks to the “courtesy” of Hamas, first, then Hezbollah and now Iran, too. Thanks to the ADS, countless Israeli lives have been saved, as these munitions have been destroyed.











