Israeli Military

Will the War in Ukraine Give a Boost to Israeli Defense Exports?

As European states reassess their security situation amid the fallout of Russia’s war against Ukraine, there are growing signs that acquisitions of Israeli defense products by European clients—and not only...

Israel’s Land Forces Were Forged In Fire

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Manpower limitations also meant the Israeli Army tended to gravitate towards technologically advanced, high firepower forces, and become more proficient at them than its neighbors....

Israel Wasn’t Born a Military Superpower: These 5 Deadly Systems Helped

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The inability of Israel to develop long-term, stable, positive relationships with its immediate neighbors, regional powers, and the subject populations of the West Bank and...

A War Between Israel and Iran Would Be Bloody and Costly

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Eventually, the stockpiles of missiles and rockets held by Iranian proxies would dwindle, as would the enthusiasm of those proxies for enduring Israeli punishment. Worries...

Israel: A Mini-Military Superpower?

In August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. At the time Baghdad had one of the world’s largest armies with almost a million men under arms and some 4,500 tanks. It also...

Operation Moked: How Israel Dominated the Air during the Six Day War

Here’s What You Need to Know: Operation Moked stands out for its meticulous preparation and split-second timing. It is a mark of respect that Israel’s air offensive has become the gold...

In 1976, Israel Took a Chance to Terrorize the Terrorists

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Terrorism is all about creating fear, or more accurately, helplessness. The message of terrorists is that they can strike us at our airports and supermarkets...

Israel Has a Secret Reason Its Military Can Beat Anyone

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While Israel later acquired variants of the ground-attack F-15E Strike Eagle under the name F15I Ra’am, they also updated their first- and second-gen F-15s to...