Israeli Defensive Capabilities Prevented ‘far Greater Destruction,’ Expert Says

A information master has hailed nan "outstanding performance" of Israel’s protect capabilities that he said prevented "far greater destruction," amid nan barrage of Iranian missiles fired astatine nan Jewish state.

The Institute for National Security Studies’ Dr. Yehoshua Kalisky precocious wrote that nan "destructive imaginable of Iranian ballistic missiles is immense," fixed nan size, maneuverability, and precocious velocity of various missiles successful nan Iranian arsenal. He calculated that Israel intercepted "approximately 95%" of nan ballistic missiles launched toward its territory arsenic of Saturday.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, a elder chap astatine nan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital he believes arsenic of Monday, astir 20 of nan Iranian 250-300 ballistic missiles sent into Israeli airspace person made it done Israel’s defenses. On Tuesday, nan Israeli subject said different 20 were fired, pinch 5 getting done pinch nary fatalities.

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Israeli aerial defenses seen successful nan skies complete bluish Israel during an Iranian rocket onslaught connected June 16, 2025. (Photos by Anthony Hershko/TPS-IL)

As of June 15, nan Israel Defense Forces (IDF) besides stated that Iran had "sent much than 100 UAVs astatine Israel," which it intercepted. 

According to Taleblu, nan "barrages against Israel travel nan pattern established successful 2024 wherever nan decades-long covert warfare betwixt Israel and Iran crept retired of nan shadows." 

Taleblu says Iran has been "doubl[ing] down connected targeting civilian organization centers successful what are called counter-value operations successful a bid to erode Israel’s will to proceed its run against nan Islamic Republic’s subject sites." He explained location person been "at slightest 8 waves" of attacks connected Israel, and that "there is simply a batch of anecdotal grounds to opportunity that these waves are getting progressively smaller." 

A female worker stands by an Iron Dome battery. Women dress up half of each nan Iron Dome operators and widen their work by a twelvemonth to 3 years. (IDF Spokesman's Unit.)

Amid nan Iranian attacks, Kalisky outlined nan myriad protect capabilities that person protected Israeli citizens. These see nan Magen Or, "a caller and important summation to Israel’s protect layer" that uses laser systems to intercept Iranian UAVs. 

The U.S. deployed its Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense artillery (THAAD) to Israel successful October 2024 on pinch 100 U.S. unit to run nan system. Kalisky says that THAAD "identifies targets up to 2,500 – 3,000 km away" and tin intercept "short- and medium-range ballistic missiles astatine altitudes of up to 150 km." 

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Familiar Israeli systems proceed to connection protection. Kalisky wrote that Iron Dome is intercepting missiles and short-range rockets while nan David’s Sling intercepts cruise missiles and medium-range rockets and missiles. Arrow 2 intercepts long-range ballistic missiles wrong nan atmosphere, while Arrow 3 intercepts them extracurricular nan atmosphere.

Additionally, Israel’s naval interception system, nan C-dome, is deployed to Israeli Sa’ar 6-class rocket ships, "protect[ing] strategical maritime assets." 

Magen David Adom emergency teams respond to nan segment of Iranian rocket barrages successful Tel Aviv, Israel, connected Friday, June 13, 2025. (Magen David Adom (MDA))

Taleblu says that successful summation to defending itself, Israel has targeted Iranian ballistic rocket retention sites and launching infrastructure. As of Monday, nan IDF announced they had destroyed a 3rd of Iranian rocket launchers.

According to Taleblu, nan "longer nan conflict continues, nan much militarily neutered nan Islamic Republic will become," though he notes "that doesn’t mean nan authorities isn’t lethal."  

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"Quantity has a value of its own," Taleblu explained, saying that "Iranian ballistic rocket survivability and maneuverability" has allowed projectiles to deed civilian organization centers, causing decease and "massive disruptions to patterns of life." Taleblu said, "indicating why a authorities for illustration this should not beryllium successful possession of nan biggest ballistic rocket arsenal successful nan region and shall not beryllium permitted to capable up [with] atomic weapons."

As of Tuesday, 24 Israelis person been killed and much than 500 injured by nan onslaught of Iranian ballistic missiles.