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could have shot them down but just didn't feel like it [Times of Israel] To conserve interceptors, IAF choosing not to shoot down some Iranian cluster bomblets ❝As Iran increasingly launches ballistic missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads at Israel, indiscriminately spreading dozens of small munitions over a wide area, the Israeli Air Force faces a constant dilemma whether or not to shoot them down. Military officials said Thursday that since the cluster bombs are unlikely to cause significant harm if civilians are sheltering, there are times when the IAF chooses not to shoot down all or some of the bomblets to conserve its stockpile of short-range interceptors. Iran has fired over 350 ballistic missiles at Israel since the start of the war on February 28. The Israel Defense Forces assessed 10 days into the war that around half of the missiles launched were carrying cluster bomb warheads, as opposed to conventional warheads with hundreds of kilograms of explosives. That percentage appears to have increased in recent days. Unlike Iran’s conventional warheads, the cluster bombs open up while descending — often at a very great height — and scatter between 24 and 80 smaller munitions, each with a few kilograms of explosives, in a radius of up to 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the IDF.❞ https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-conserve-interceptors-iaf-choosing-not-to-shoot-down-some-iranian-cluster-bomblets/

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