Israel Continues to Ignore Rocket Defence System

As previously mentioned by the Cantankerous Camel, Israel and the U.S. developed a perfectly good system for shooting down Katyushas. Despite this, the project was mothballed and we were left defenceless against the 4000 rockets that the Hizballah terrorist mass-murderers launched at us. Because of this decision nearly fifty Israelis were killed by Katyushas during the recent war with Hizballah, hundreds of thousands of Israelis fled northern Israel or lived in air-raid shelters for a month and Israel lost about NIS23 or $5billion. Well, the Tactical High Energy Laser system is still lying idle and there is still no official plan to resurrect it.

Is it just me, is it not blindingly obvious that Israel needs this system and quick. How hard can it be to say, "hmmm, yes, lots of rockets were fired at us, we need to prevent this in the future, apparently there's a system which can shoot rockets down, lets buy it and set it up". I mean, I don't think it requires a genius to get to this conclusion.

"A missile defense system that consistently knocked out Katyushas -- the
World War II-era missiles that have killed scores of residents in northern
Israel in recent months -- sits in mothballs at White Sands Missile Range.
Despite the fact that the system has the potential to save lives, there is
no official plan to resurrect it."