Crowing about interception rates misses the point. This was Iran’s targeted retaliation to the 1 April embassy bombing. And now there’s reports that Biden is planning a “diplomatic” (not military) response, and will not help Israel attack Iran. The whole settler-colonist thing depends on regional domination to ensure and reassure your settlers that they are safe. It doesn’t look like that’s the case to me.
And don’t forget Iran also captured an Israeli-owned ship, reinforcing that they indeed can project power in the Strait of Hormuz. Overall seems like, if anything, a strategic defeat revealing how exposed Israel is.
Interceptions rates certainly matter, if Israel would have been hit hard by this attack you think it wouldn't have mattered? Iran's settler colonialist regime (see what I did there?) is based on terrorizing the neighboring countries (and Ukraine) by proxies using mostly inexpensive drones and missiles. If this strategy has big holes in it yes it does matter.
The interception rate is what allows Biden to tell Israel not to reply with force.
This is retaliation for Israel's embassy bombing a week ago. More retaliation would provoke even more retaliation.
So a high interception rate is about the best we could hope for here. Iran gets to claim they struck back. Israel gets to put the matter to rest. We all get to live one more day.
Maybe not two more days, because they will continue to provoke each other. But for the moment, it's not escalating.
And don’t forget Iran also captured an Israeli-owned ship, reinforcing that they indeed can project power in the Strait of Hormuz. Overall seems like, if anything, a strategic defeat revealing how exposed Israel is.