ynetnews.com:

In 2011, Israel’s brand new Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted its very first rocket fired from Gaza, high above the country’s battered south.

The all too familiar screeching whistle of the rocket siren was heard in Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Sderot.

But this time, instead of people fleeing to their reinforced rooms in a panicked wave, everyone excitedly stepped onto their balconies to watch the light show that was the Iron Dome in action.

People clapped and cheered at the sight of the system’s first successful interception. Pride swelled in the chests of Israelis who knew that reality in the country would forever be changed.

Despite the south’s newly found euphoria, many around Israel believed that this multi-million dollar system -whose missiles are priced at tens of thousands of shekels apiece- was nothing less than an overkill response to the ramshackle rockets cobbled together in Gaza’s dilapidated scrapyards…

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