US hawks want an Iron Dome for Ukraine, but it would be ineffective as Ukraine's wartime situation is very different from the conditions where the Iron Dome has been deployed in Israel.
Israel has long rejected the idea of sending its Iron Dome missile defense systems to Ukraine, despite the pleadings of Zelensky and his officials. After all, the Iron Dome has been busy of late given recent missile barrages out of Gaza amid the flare-up in fighting.
But the Pentagon has signaled it could be prepared to ship its own Israeli-made Iron Dome systems, after earlier sending Patriot missile systems, the latter which may or may not be effective given Russia is now seeking to overwhelm Ukraine's defenses.
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On Thursday a US general informed a Senate hearing that one of two Iron Dome batteries owned by the United States is ready for deployment to Ukraine.
Senator Angus King pressed Army Space and Missile Defense Command chief Gener...