Several people have mentioned procuring the Iron Dome, but the system has limitations, especially against a real military. A single BM-21 Grad can launch 40 rockets in 20 seconds, a battery/battalion can launch 240 or 720 rockets in 20 seconds. No missile defenses can stop that.
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1392181207513931776
Not to mention, missiles like the Iskander-M are designed to evade missile defenses by maneuvering in flight. You typically need to launch multiple interceptors for every rocket you want to counter. Even with unsophisticated munitions, it is a numbers game that favors the offense
The Iron Dome makes sense for Israel, a very small country whose indirect fires threat is mostly from slow-moving and cheap rockets, but less sense for larger countries facing better-equipped adversaries.
An additional factor: offense is currently cheaper than defense when it comes to indirect fire/UAVs vs air defenses.
https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1392195060138119173
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