🇮🇱🇮🇷 Tamir Interceptor Falls in Tel Aviv Amid Limited IRGC Missile Strike

According to updated reports, the IRGC launched only 3 medium-range ballistic missiles in its latest salvo. While air raid sirens sounded across Israel, an Iron Dome Tamir interceptor launched — despite no confirmed incoming target — and struck the ground near a residential area in Tel Aviv.

💥 “It wasn’t a malfunction,” reported Yinon Shalom Yatach (i24), citing an IDF source. “It was an unsuccessful interception attempt.”

🔍 What went wrong?

– During launch, the EL/M-2084 multifunction radar — which provides real-time targeting data — lost track of a low-flying Iranian Soumar cruise missile, likely due to terrain masking or urban obstruction.

– With no guidance updates, the Tamir interceptor’s INS failed to reorient the missile to a safe altitude (~5 km), leading to its impact in a built-up area.

📉 Despite F-35I jets eliminating up to 120 TELs by IDF numbers (many of them were decoys), over 800–1000 Iranian launchers remain active — suggesting Iran may be probing Israeli ARROW-3, THAAD, and Iron Dome systems for weaknesses.

🚨 One suspected Soumar or Abu Mahdi cruise missile reportedly struck a target at Nevatim Airbase.
📡 Notably, the Nachshon Aitam AWACS aircraft — capable of tracking such threats — was not in use during the event.

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When Iran launches missiles at Israel, the first line of defense is activated by U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf, which attempt to intercept the incoming projectiles early in flight. Any missiles that get through enter the range of U.S. air defense systems stationed at bases in Iraq.

Next, the threat passes into the coverage zone of Jordanian air defenses and U.S. F-35 jets based there. Simultaneously, American warships in the Red Sea engage targets that survive earlier layers of interception.

Those Iranian missiles that manage to break through all of the above then face British airbases and U.S. naval assets in the Mediterranean Sea.

Finally, whatever is still airborne enters the reach of Israel’s multi-layered air defense system—from Iron Dome and David’s Sling to systems with ranges of up to 2,000 km.

And yet, despite this vast defensive network backed by Western and NATO military power, some missiles still make it through. Tel Aviv and Haifa are proof of that. Their experience serves as a stark reminder: even the most advanced defenses are not impenetrable.

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