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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
(www.timesofisrael.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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The real kicker is that this is from people who bet against Iran striking Israel.
Wouldn't even bet my life Israel's iron dome is invincible, especially considering Iran already successfully broke through it last year.
Or you know, Gaza a bunch of times with pipe rockets.
The thing about these missile defence systems is that, regardless of how advanced a system is, it can always be overcome by sheer volume of fire.
A common tactic is to saturate the sky with cheaper dummy missiles/drones that don't even have warheads, just to deplete missile defence stockpiles and protect the real missiles/drones from being intercepted.
This is happening a lot in Ukraine too.
TLDR; You're right to believe Iron Dome isn't invincible because there's no such thing as an invincible missile defence system.
That’s thee dumbest bet i could imagine.