Looks like shrapnel hitting not the whole ballistic missile
Heavy__Cream on
Looks like it missed
Dr_Durtah on
I’m surprised at the lack of damage. Like, shouldn’t there be a larger blast? Looks like it made a hole on the side of the road and not much else
Ulfstructor on
Looking at the discussion here, I see two options here:
Either what we see on video is mostly shrapnel and parts from shot down missiles. That would point to the effectiveness of the Israeli air and missile defence system. Which would not be that suprising, as Israel probably has the most air and missile defence per citizen.
The other option is that these missiles are not that impressive. Sure, they look great impacting s o m e t h i n g — at distance, at night. But up close and with a bit of light, they honestly are not that big of a boom.
Precision is key. Even hitting “a military base” or air base is mostly pointless like this, as you most likely will just churn up Sgt. Majors grass, maybe take out a road or Pvt. Joes new car (RIP).
Sure, if you hit something important, it will go down, but you have to actually hit it. The base does not have hit points you strip away with every hit somewhere inside the fence.
For comparison, look at the recent Ukranian strikes on munitions depots. Sure, the images of flattened bunkers were impressive, but more interesting were those still standing. Many of them had a single hole in the roof. (My guess they were most likely mostly empty and thus did not explode like the others.) Precision is key, and the big question is if the Iranians have that capability.
Western systems and militaries are not impressive because of firepower, but because of precision.
Pergaminopoo on
Damn.
0reGoonian on
Impacts look small for ‘ballistic missiles’
bennokitty on
I hope it’s worth it, I have a feeling the response will do more than hit trees and roads
Cristi-DCI on
Was that a bad road ?
Luckyswordfishcunt on
Damn
ComplicatedPoops on
That’s it? There’s no payload. These things are weak as shit.
TrueBlueberryPie on
Thank god it was just a road!
Technical-Fennel-287 on
What people don’t realize when they watch the zoomed out footage is that these slowly moving orange orbs are actually going multiples of the speed of sound. As they re-enter the atmosphere or just descend on their ballistic path they increase in speed and are actually landing at speeds greater than a rifle round.
jaaval on
That explosion seems small even for just a kinetic blast from a ballistic missile. This looks more like a smaller interceptor missile hitting ground. Or some smaller weapon meant to penetrate bunkers. But what do i know.
MajorTechnology8827 on
It has no exhaust. This is a flying debris of an intercepted missile. Basically just the exploded body flying at mach speed
They are still dangerous, but their payload and guiding system was destroyed midair
Mathberis on
They forgot to make them precise.
Special_marshmallow on
Those are fragments. Almost all missiles were intercepted, but the fragments still fall at very high speed. Hence the lack of explosion
Aggressive_West_2386 on
A lot of these missiles were intercepted, but the speed at which they were travelling meant they still hit the ground at great pace.
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Looks like shrapnel hitting not the whole ballistic missile
Looks like it missed
I’m surprised at the lack of damage. Like, shouldn’t there be a larger blast? Looks like it made a hole on the side of the road and not much else
Looking at the discussion here, I see two options here:
Either what we see on video is mostly shrapnel and parts from shot down missiles. That would point to the effectiveness of the Israeli air and missile defence system. Which would not be that suprising, as Israel probably has the most air and missile defence per citizen.
The other option is that these missiles are not that impressive. Sure, they look great impacting s o m e t h i n g — at distance, at night. But up close and with a bit of light, they honestly are not that big of a boom.
Precision is key. Even hitting “a military base” or air base is mostly pointless like this, as you most likely will just churn up Sgt. Majors grass, maybe take out a road or Pvt. Joes new car (RIP).
Sure, if you hit something important, it will go down, but you have to actually hit it. The base does not have hit points you strip away with every hit somewhere inside the fence.
For comparison, look at the recent Ukranian strikes on munitions depots. Sure, the images of flattened bunkers were impressive, but more interesting were those still standing. Many of them had a single hole in the roof. (My guess they were most likely mostly empty and thus did not explode like the others.) Precision is key, and the big question is if the Iranians have that capability.
Western systems and militaries are not impressive because of firepower, but because of precision.
Damn.
Impacts look small for ‘ballistic missiles’
I hope it’s worth it, I have a feeling the response will do more than hit trees and roads
Was that a bad road ?
Damn
That’s it? There’s no payload. These things are weak as shit.
Thank god it was just a road!
What people don’t realize when they watch the zoomed out footage is that these slowly moving orange orbs are actually going multiples of the speed of sound. As they re-enter the atmosphere or just descend on their ballistic path they increase in speed and are actually landing at speeds greater than a rifle round.
That explosion seems small even for just a kinetic blast from a ballistic missile. This looks more like a smaller interceptor missile hitting ground. Or some smaller weapon meant to penetrate bunkers. But what do i know.
It has no exhaust. This is a flying debris of an intercepted missile. Basically just the exploded body flying at mach speed
They are still dangerous, but their payload and guiding system was destroyed midair
They forgot to make them precise.
Those are fragments. Almost all missiles were intercepted, but the fragments still fall at very high speed. Hence the lack of explosion
A lot of these missiles were intercepted, but the speed at which they were travelling meant they still hit the ground at great pace.