{"id":646208,"date":"2026-03-10T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/646208\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:02:13","slug":"half-of-iranian-missiles-have-been-cluster-munitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/646208\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of Iranian missiles have been cluster munitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifty percent of the ballistic missiles that Iran<\/a> has fired on Israel during the current war have been cluster munitions, the IDF Home Front Command<\/a> said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This is a shift from the June 2025 war with Iran, when occasionally the missiles were built of cluster munitions, but most were not.<\/p>\n

Typically, Iranian ballistic missiles<\/a> have 500 to 1,000 kilograms of explosives in them and strike one target, causing significant damage there and to the immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n

However, cluster munitions might contain dozens of smaller eight-kilogram bombs which spread out over a 10-kilometer square radius.<\/p>\n

On one hand, each hit from a cluster munition causes less damage than a full single ballistic missile hit.<\/p>\n

\"RocketRocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli center coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 9, 2026. (credit: Jack GUEZ \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On the other hand, each hit can still be deadly, can penetrate multiple floors in a single building, and if such a missile breaks apart before it’s shot down, can cause a wider number of dangerous impact areas.<\/p>\n

IDF faces criticism of overusing missile alerts, disrupting routines<\/strong><\/p>\n

While discussing the issue, the IDF<\/a> was pressed about criticism that in recent days it has repeatedly sent millions of Israelis into bomb shelters and safe rooms when Iran has only fired a single missile, which was very unlikely to have endangered so many people in different locations at once.<\/p>\n

The IDF explained that its “polygon,” its algorithm for evaluating which cities to warn based on the estimated trajectory of a ballistic missile, after such a missile is launched from Iran, errs on the side of saving lives, even if it inconveniences people in their daily routines.<\/p>\n

That said, the IDF said that whenever it can, it does exclude certain parts of the country from receiving warnings where the chances of them being targeted are very low.<\/p>\n

Each launch also includes an assessment of the specific warhead and the size of the explosives it carries.<\/p>\n

Two Hezbollah missiles hit central Israel, interceptors missed, no warning sirens sounded<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the IDF said on Tuesday that an atypical technical failure led to two Hezbollah missiles hitting central Israel on Monday, with interceptors missing their marks and without even a warning siren.<\/p>\n

One of the missiles struck Ramle, and the second hit an open area in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, lightly wounding a bunch of civilians.<\/p>\n

Despite the failure, most of the missiles fired on Monday were intercepted by Israel’s multilayer air defenses.<\/p>\n

Also, the IDF said that the technical failure did not occur because of some new kind of Iranian technology, but rather the missiles fired were weapons the IDF is acquainted with.<\/p>\n

Following a probe into the incident, the IDF said that “adjustments were implemented to strengthen interception capabilities against similar threats in the northern area.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fifty percent of the ballistic missiles that Iran has fired on Israel during the current war have been…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":646209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[6643,4783,6642,4784,83,6644,13192,374,50,266253,103],"class_list":["post-646208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-ballistic-missile","tag-hezbollah","tag-home-front-command","tag-idf","tag-iran","tag-iranian-missile-attacks","tag-lebanon","tag-missiles","tag-news","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116206433315439599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}