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2024-04-18 09:42:44 UTC - HELPFUL
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US (not Israel) fired Patriot missiles at Saddam's Scuds in 1991 - 40% effective. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/raytheontext.html There is a MIT paper claiming that in 2014, "intercept performance of Iron Dome appears to be probably 5 percent or less". Most other sources agree that it is a very effective system. https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/07/15/172055/an-explanation-of-the-evidence-of-weaknesses-in-the-iron-dome-defense-system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome#Effectiveness
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