"a large proportion of the missiles fired into israel were the most difficult to intercept ballistic missiles, flying at several times the speed of sound. however, israel appears to have been able to intercept virtually all iranian missiles. - israel is probably the only country in the world today that is capable of such an interception with that degree of success," mkel tells stt. - even a single missile that hit a military base or a settlement like jerusalem or tel aviv would have been a great victory for iran. so it was a serious attempt, he continues. alongside israel's own capabilities, an important help in the fight came from its ally, the united states, which gave advance warning of the impending strike. in addition, a similar successful counter-attack against an iranian missile attack last april provided a backdrop. however, images released from israel on tuesday evening showed dozens of points of light shining down from the sky. according to mkel, these were remnants of the iranian missiles that had been intercepted. israel probably used at least the arrow 3 missile system for the interception. - its missiles do not explode but hit a ballistic missile kinetically as it comes towards the ground. what was seen was certainly debris from the missile after that impact. in any case, he says, a lot of money was burned in the tuesday night firefight. - there is no list price for such missiles, but both sides are talking about hundreds of millions (dollars/euros)."   tuntija-iranin-yritys-oli-vakava-is rael-nayttaa-kaytannossa-torjuneen- kaikki-ohjukset
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