@cstross As you certainly know, there's a huge difference between cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, of which more than a hundred were fired as well.

Not sure about you, but I don't think I'd be feeling very secure in such circumstances. But I guess we all risk finding it out in a few more years.

@cstross Jordan and Iraq offer some defensive depth, but Israel itself has none. The width of Israel at the location of Tel Aviv is about 45s of flight time for a ballistic missile.

The main explanation is IMHO that a lot of people are just completely used to the situation and therefore disregard the danger.

A lot of them rightly assumed that Iran would fire just “for the honor of the flag.”

Quote: “Some commanders could simply not stomach the thought of surrendering without even firing one shot, offering some resistance, no matter how token. These captains would fire one broadside – carefully aimed to miss – and then quickly haul down their flags (indicating surrender). Often the broadside would be fired by the guns on the disengaged side, away from the enemy. But always they would miss. Actually hitting the ship you were surrendering to invited a devastating response.”

Source: https://ricochet.com/711428/pour-lhonneur-le-pavillon/

@cstross I spent part of the '85 summer in Tel Aviv with a friend's mother who moved there from America in the late 70s.

She told of the '82 invasion of Lebanon. She knocked on a neighbor's door and asked what she should do, since it was the first major military operation since she'd arrived. The neighbor replied, "Lebanon? That's like 2 hours from here" and closed the door.