What America’s Iron Dome effort should learn from Israel’s air defense systems
Israel’s history of developing new air defenses to defend against emerging threats is closely entwined with the US experience in air defenses.
Israel’s history of developing new air defenses to defend against emerging threats is closely entwined with the US experience in air defenses.
“When we saw what was happening with Ukraine … we passed on a clear message that we remain committed to German national security …,” former Israeli ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff told Breaking Defense.
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
The decision comes amid Ukrainian clamoring for the system, though analysts doubted Israeli batteries would make their way north due to Russian sensitivities.
Germany is expected to have an initial operational capability by 2025 and be fully operational by 2030.
Finland approved the purchase of the air defense system in April, a day after joining NATO.
Company executive Pini Yungman told Breaking Defense a deal with Finland could just be the start.
The heavy rocket was one of the 500 that the Islamic Jihad terror organization launched in the last two days into Israel, in retaliation for a Tuesday strike by Israeli forces that reportedly killed a trio of Islamic Jihad leaders.
The acquisition will deliver a "new capability for the Finnish Defence Forces to intercept targets at high altitude," noted Finland's Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement.
A review of the Israeli policy is being led by the national security unit in the prime minister's office, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mossad, per sources.
If you thought the recently concluded Gaza conflict was bad, a war with Lebanese Hezbollah would be much worse, involving 100,000 more rockets, many with longer ranges.
Patriot missiles are expensive. Rafael and its US partner Raytheon say they can fire the cheaper Israeli SkyCeptor from existing Patriot launchers. Will that tempt the US Army?
Israeli sources say only a "miracle" can solve the problem. They are not believers in miracles, but they say this one might come at the last minute in the shape of intervention by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Rafael CEO confirmed for the first time that Rafael is developing next-generation air-to-air missiles to combat cruise missiles.
The Swiss want a new anti-missile defense system and asked for bids. We’re hearing the US leaned on Israel so Rafael did not submit a bid. Israel, as this story makes clear, really does want to bid.