The Middle Eastern nation has used a siren system to warn of threats for decades, but the latest Gaza war saw several upgrades, an Israeli security official told Breaking Defense.
A year ago today, Hamas attacked Israel, catching Jerusalem off guard. Since, the Israel Defense Forces have worked to adapt.
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“It marks a policy change from the previous government and says a lot about the relations of the new government with the current government of Israel," INSS analyst Tammy Caner told Breaking Defense.
An Elbit official told Breaking Defense the order marks the first large-scale Iron Sting contract, while interest is growing abroad.
Moshe Patel also highlighted close cooperation between Israel and the US as key to nation's air defense readiness.
Breaking Defense spent June 23 and 24 along Israel's border with Lebanon, speaking to a mix of Israel Defense Forces officers, experts and security officials from the communities.
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
Discussing Israel’s protections for civilians in its bombing campaign of Gaza, Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said that after observing an Israeli strike cell in late 2023, Jerusalem's forces were “making a bona fide effort to adhere to the law of armed conflict.”
The Army’s new Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus recently sat down with Breaking Defense to discuss a few of his priorities that include network changes to include transitioning from a ‘C2 Fix’ to ‘C2 Next.’
The move is largely symbolic, as Israel doesn't "need the F-35 for the operations they are currently conducting over Gaza, " Patrick Bolder, a defense analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies think tank, told Breaking Defense.
“I think there is a danger this could end up being just another big round” of fighting, Chuck Freilich, a former Israeli deputy national security advisor, told Breaking Defense.
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
As the US and Israel contend with multiple Iranian proxy groups in the Middle East, Joseph Votel told Breaking Defense the US must “hold [Iran] accountable.”
France's ambassador to Israel, Frederic Journes, told Breaking Defense that Paris is "sparing no efforts," "engaging all actors."
“We get it [new technology] first, and we make sure it is viable in the field,” Sgt. Maj. A. told Breaking Defense.
At the Reagan National Defense Forum, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also emphasized that Jerusalem must minimize civilian deaths in Gaza in order to keep any tactical victory from turning into a strategic defeat.