Largest saturation strikes ever on Iron Dome, I think? As impressive as the system is at dealing with these short-range rockets, magazine depth will always have limits.
https://twitter.com/gaza_report/status/1392179722747097091
Quite a bit—but it’s also limiting damage (and the peacetime denial benefits also have value). But as we’re seeing, the attacker can reasonably saturate even under resource constraints.
https://twitter.com/delexical/status/1392182837013516303
I’m assuming the IDF rotates reload windows for individual Iron Dome batteries to avoid major temporal gaps in coverage, but these strikes may be large enough to force their hand.
Yes—this thought springs to mind as one looks at this footage. I’d expect counterbattery action soon enough.
https://twitter.com/sriramthg/status/1392185957982498816
Based on this statement, it does seem the IDF expected this sort of escalation after their strike on Gaza—so Iron Dome batteries were probably postured to cope as best as possible. 
Also, I could be wrong, but based on the footage, there should be a *ton* of interceptor/missile debris over populated areas—even after successful intercepts.
So, assessing Iron Dome’s performance off these numbers is tricky: the system does not assign interceptors to projectiles that are likely to strike uninhabited areas (for reasons of efficiency/economy), so the denominator is still unclear.
https://twitter.com/IAFsite/status/1392157578768142341
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