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00:00These pictures from Iranian TV purport to show the launch of some of the missiles directed
00:07at Israel.
00:08200 in number according to Iran, 180 says Israel.
00:12A huge attack according to the Pentagon.
00:15Twice the number of missiles that Iran fired at Israel in a previous attack in April.
00:22This is a powerful attack.
00:24To give you a sense of the scale of it, 200 ballistic missiles is more than the biggest
00:28strikes that the Russian Federation has carried out on Ukraine.
00:34With the help of the United States, Israel intercepted some of the missiles.
00:39Its layered defense system allows it to neutralize different types of projectiles depending on
00:43their range and speed.
00:45Israel says most of the missiles failed to hit their target, while Iran claims that 90
00:50percent did.
00:52However vaunted Iron Dome is, no defense system is watertight and several missiles
00:58were indeed shot down over cities that were targeted.
01:01No system can intercept more than 80 percent of missiles, especially if they have complex
01:06flight paths.
01:08Such flight paths are difficult to predict, meaning bringing down the missiles is hard.
01:12Hypersonic missiles fly at low altitude and are thus maneuverable mid-flight.
01:18Missiles such as the Fatah rocket, which Iran says it used Tuesday for the first time,
01:22ammunition is unveiled in June 2023 and which travels at 15 times the speed of sound.