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DetroitLegalBeagle

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3. Sounds like a Phalanx or Centurion system.

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Mon Jun 7, 2021, 08:43 PM

Jun 2021

Iron Dome is missile based.

Did it look like R2D2 with a gun? Like this? -

If it was something like that, then the rounds hit the ground somewhere, just like every other gun.

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"Skeet Shooting in Israel"... [View all] albacore Jun 2021 OP

Iron Dome is a missile system hardluck Jun 2021 #1

Post the video Rustyeye77 Jun 2021 #2

OK.. note the comments. Some say it's CGI. albacore Jun 2021 #9

Very cool. Rustyeye77 Jun 2021 #10

Sounds like a Phalanx or Centurion system. DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2021 #3

Now there's a phallic symbol if ever I saw one. Disaffected Jun 2021 #8

Skeet Ulrich???? What an asshole. Nt JanMichael Jun 2021 #4

Here is a video about the system RandiFan1290 Jun 2021 #5

The land based systems have fused rounds that explode before hitting the ground hack89 Jun 2021 #6

I think the rounds are 20mm in diameter. SYFROYH Jun 2021 #7