The Jerusalem Post:

Thirty years after the 1991 Gulf War, Israel has gone from zero real missile defense to the best missile defense shield in the world, and from fear of preemptive action in other countries to operating almost freely in Syrian airspace and in some other hostile areas.

At the same time, if, in 1991, Iraq’s Saddam Hussein presented the only major missile threat, Israel currently faces potential missile threats from six distinct areas. These are: Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

Jerusalem is confronted by two adversaries, Iran and Hezbollah, which can each overwhelm even Israel’s state-of-the-art, three-tier missile defense, with a combination of volume and advanced precision.

This view has been advanced repeatedly to The Jerusalem Post by former Missile Defense Organization chief Uzi Rubin, former intelligence minister Dan Meridor, and former deputy national security council chief Chuck Freilich…

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