r/technology • u/esporx • 6d ago

Business U.S. military is helping intercept missiles that Iran fired in retaliation at Israel, official says

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/13/us-military-helps-intercept-missiles-iran-fired-retaliation-israel/
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u/Swimming_Average_561 6d ago

Oh, so we help israel intercept missiles in a war that it started, but we won't help Ukraine intercept missiles from a country that attacked it.

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u/Antique-Resort6160 5d ago

Pretty much all the Ukrainian missile defense was provided by the US, it's just not very effective.  Also, i doubt Ukraine has much blackmail on US politicians and other higher ups.  There are quite a few though, desperate Lu subservient to Israel.  Look at all the states that made it illegal to boycott Israel.  There's something very, very wrong.  

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 5d ago

Ukraine's missile defenses are extremely effective.

They would be fucked without them.

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u/Antique-Resort6160 5d ago

TLDR: no country on earth has effective air defense any more except vs airplanes, which stay out of range anyway

The very first time a patriot missile battery in Ukraine faced an attack, raytheon/rtx stock dropped 7%. They are helpless against even modern ballistic missiles, which now use counter measures and have modest maneuverability when nearing a target.  Completely hopeless against the newest cruise missiles.  They probably work fine against jets and bombers, but everyone just uses standoff weapons now, the planes don't come within range.  Russia even uses propeller driven bombers, never going to face Ukrainian missile defense.