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Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by vladgur »

karim79 wrote: post #120
judah wrote: post #106

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Gaza (Hamas), the West Bank (Fatah), and Lebanon (Hezbollah) are the reason this technology is needed in the first place: violent religious fundamentalists firing cheap rockets at Jewish cities because of religious hatred. Over 16,000 rocket attacks on Israel last year alone. Thanks to the Iron Dome technology, nearly 90% of such attacks were intercepted, saving thousands of lives. This new Iron Beam technology is mo…

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All lies?

Hamas and Islamic Jihad shooting thousands of rockets before, during and after October 7 massacre is documented[1] by Wikipedia (that does have documented anti-israel bias[2])

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_and_the_Israeli%E2%8...

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by anukin »

karim79 wrote: post #163
vorpalhex wrote: post #155

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> As part of its ongoing genocide, which started on 7 October 2023 Well that was quickly debunked as a viable source. Israeli's didn't retaliate for Oct 7th until a few days later. > When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. And another easy debunk - Israel uses explosive drones. Mounting a firearm to "shoot at" things from a drone is basical…

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There was a genocide committed against Bangladeshi Hindus by Pakistan and another being done right now by Bangladeshi govt in power now. A genocide is being committed in Nigeria by boko haram. Another in Sudanese war committed and funded by uae and other Arab nations.

But let me guess, the only genocide worth committing your verbiage is the one where a certain people belonging to the favorite religion is facing issues after voting in a terrorist organization by the name of Hamas which went in and attacked a community which was persecuted and butchered for close to 2500 years. All provoked by a religious ideology and Arab theocratic pan nationalism.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by anukin »

ars wrote: post #149
amoshi wrote: post #148

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There are recordings of Israeli drones engaging in psychological warfare against the civilian population by playing those horrible sounds https://x.com/AJIunit/status/1863553707897680291

I watched your video, the only thing on it is a drone warning people away from a dangerous area.

It’s psychological genocide. Just like everything is a bubble everything is a genocide now.

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Post by bhouston »

ars wrote: post #139
karim79 wrote: post #124

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It is exceedingly well documented that Israeli drones are shooting and killing children / civilians regularly:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7893vpy2gqo

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/middleeast/children-killed-is...

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166024

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/6/israeli-drone-chase...

I say drone, but you and I know it is the Israeli solders operators behind the drones that are doing these war crimes.

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Post by zmgsabst »

anukin wrote: post #172
karim79 wrote: post #163

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There was a genocide committed against Bangladeshi Hindus by Pakistan and another being done right now by Bangladeshi govt in power now. A genocide is being committed in Nigeria by boko haram. Another in Sudanese war committed and funded by uae and other Arab nations. But let me guess, the only genocide worth committing your verbiage is the one where a certain people belonging to the favorite religion is facing issue…

Also in Myanmar! Or any of several states and the Rohingya.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by g8oz »

vorpalhex wrote: post #155
karim79 wrote: post #146

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> As part of its ongoing genocide, which started on 7 October 2023 Well that was quickly debunked as a viable source. Israeli's didn't retaliate for Oct 7th until a few days later. > When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. And another easy debunk - Israel uses explosive drones. Mounting a firearm to "shoot at" things from a drone is basical…

"Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they're shooting civilians"

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5195171/witnesses-say-i...

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Post by xg15 »

Aarostotle wrote: post #160
karim79 wrote: post #120

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The moral argument for a modern, rights-based society is cleanly on Israel’s side. I’m glad they’ve developed this technology, so they can continue defending themselves at a lower cost to their citizens. The engineers involved have done a very good thing. Your snide tone can’t obscure that the moral issue is straightforward, if you’re aiming at a world where people can be free to live, grow, and flourish. If you want…

The "backward tribesmen" are currently providing the Minister of Finance/special Minister for the West Bank (Smotrich), Minister of Police (Ben Gvir), Minister of Diaspora Affairs that happens to also manage access to aid orgs in gaza (Amichai Chikli), Minister for Cultural Heritage (Amihai Eliyahu), Minister of Settlements and National Missions (Orit "Time of Miracles" Stook) and probably others. So much for "marginal influence".

> In Israel, the general trend is that people of all types, including Arab Muslims, have rights and live happy, free lives. If Hamas was to conquer Israel, as is their stated aim, those same Arab Muslims would have no rights - those individuals would be oppressed by exactly the type of vicious theocrats you falsely suggest Israel is composed of.

The Arab Israelis have those same rights on paper but face discrimination in practice. But that's beside the point and you know it. What about the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank who are under Israeli rule but have no rights and no representation in Israel at all? But I guess all seven million of them are "Hamas" and therefore don't count as humans?

Also note that while the secular liberals from Tel Aviv and the deeply religious settlers from the West Bank disagree on lots of things, they have no fundamental disagreement on the occupation.

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Post by whatshisface »

karim79 wrote: post #154

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I think everyone (myself included) has a right to actual self-defense, just not the false version we've been seeing.

Here's my peace plan: Blow up or starve kids on the other side +1 sanctions. Intercept a drone or rocket +0 sanctions. Say you're sorry and reduce arms by 10% -1 sanctions.

If the US alone did this they'd stop with all the murders in days to weeks.

Of course the state of affairs where random online commenters can think of better answers than the individuals in charge is only due to a lack of a desire for peace at high levels! There is nothing complicated about it at all.

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Post by woodruffw »

karim79 wrote: post #154

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I think Israel has a right to defense qua state and Palestinians have a right to resist qua subjects of unjust rule. These aren’t really contradictory positions, and both are pretty standard from a “this is what the UN says” ground truth[1][2].

(This is distinct from a state’s “right to exist,” which is nonsense. But once a state does exist, it has the right to defend itself by definition.)

[1]: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/chapter-7

[2]: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assemb...

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by karim79 »

vladgur wrote: post #171
karim79 wrote: post #120

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All lies? Hamas and Islamic Jihad shooting thousands of rockets before, during and after October 7 massacre is documented[1] by Wikipedia (that does have documented anti-israel bias[2]) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_and_the_Israeli%E2%8...

Sorry but doesn't fly. Also Islam has nothing to do with Palestinian resistance. This theme of "Palestinians and Muslims are all Jihadists and all seek to kill Jews" is also getting really really old.

2026 will bring more enlightenment to the masses. Also, Israel loves messing with wikipedia as it has done for years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-edit...

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