Army Doubts Iron Dome Can Kill Cruise Missiles

[rangerrebew]

 Army Doubts Iron Dome Can Kill Cruise Missiles

Israeli manufacturer Rafael says its anti-rocket system can now shoot down cruise missiles. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and acquisition chief Bruce Jette are saying, show us the data.
By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 04, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Iron Dome launch

WASHINGTON: Israeli armsmaker Rafael has been slow to provide critical data on how well its Iron Dome defends against cruise missiles and whether it can plug into existing US missile defenses, top Army officials said here today.
screencap of Army video

“The Israelis have been very good in working with us — for the most part,” the Army’s acquisition chief, Bruce Jette, told reporters at the annual McAleese defense conference. “We have come to some places where it becomes a little difficult to get the right data.”

“They have espoused, and to some degree demonstrated, the ability to deal with some cruise missiles,” Jette said of the Israelis. “The problem is we have to deal with all cruise missiles, and we don’t think we’ve gotten there yet.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/03/army-doubts-iron-dome-can-kill-cruise-missiles/

[rangerrebew]

 Iron Dome Doesn’t Work For Army: Gen. Murray

The Israeli-made system is incompatible with the US Army’s missile defense network the head of Army Futures Command told us. So instead of buying more Iron Domes, he aims to hold a missile defense “shoot off” open to all comers.

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 05, 2020 at 3:12 PM


CAPITOL HILL: The Israeli-made Iron Dome can’t share targeting data with existing US radars, launchers, and command posts over the service’s new IBCS network. That drastically limits the combat value of the two Iron Dome batteries that Congress effectively compelled a reluctant Army to buy last year.

But Iron Dome isn’t entirely a dead end, Gen. John “Mike” Murray told me here. The service will hold a missile defense “shoot off” next year open to all comers, including the Israelis, and components of Iron Dome may win a place in the Army’s future Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC).

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/03/iron-dome-doesnt-work-for-army-gen-murray/

[rangerrebew]

Is this a PC bone to the HASC?  We don't want that JEWISH made stuff so you can give us more money in other ways?

[PeteS in CA]

The Israeli-made Iron Dome can’t share targeting data with existing US radars, launchers, and command posts over the service’s new IBCS network.

That is a very substantial issue, not NIH syndrome.