No boots on the ground in Israel - except....
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yes they do. We don't have anything nearly as effective as the Iron Dome. Look up the missile ranges for they equipment vs ours. Check out the avionics systems on similar jets as well.
Hell just look at the service rifle vs ours.
Actually there is a Europe version and a U.S. version. Different needs, so different systems. Again slightly different needs in avionics, but we have some way cooler stuff. Their pilots are just OK. The ragheads are that bad. Flew against both. Practice for both and real for the second one. I do agree the M-16 sucks. A better one I think is in the pipeline. The ammunition is high tech. That concerns me a bit. Especially for availability.
The direction we are going is the Enduring Shield and in parallel a laser based system. Sky Hunter is based on Iron Dome and is seen as an interim solution.
"the direction we are going" vs a system that has been in place for 2 decades.