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Red alerts all over Israel. Air defense active in Jerusalem.
Multiple explosions over Beersheba.
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Obviously at least some of the drones and cruise missiles got past the fighter circus.
@Render @danielbsmith
I know zero about ballistic missiles is it supposed to be up there, or did they aim at Israel and miss Earth?
@AlphaCentauri @Render @danielbsmith Travel in parabolic arcs. They can stay in the atmosphere or get beyond. Towards the top of the arc they're going about as slow as they will := good targets.
@b4cks4w @AlphaCentauri @Render No one can agree on exactly where space starts and the atmosphere ends so in place of a scientific limit there is a legal distance of 100km above the Earth's surface. This is widely, but not universally, accepted.
But we also can't scientifically define where the exosphere starts. 🤭
So the military is simply keeping its secrets. It's above where a commercial jetliner can fly, but that's about as specific as we can get.
@AlphaCentauri Arrow 2 - It is the first operational missile defense system specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missile.
Israeli-US cooperation is up to Arrow 4 now
@danielbsmith Exoatmospheric is the term being used in reporting from US and Israeli sources.