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Held over the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coastline in recent days, interceptors from two Rafael-made systems—David’s Sling and Iron Dome—were fired at targets simulating a range of advanced threats, such as maneuvering ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
Ministry of Defense representative Amir Shalom describes the seven-day mission by an Israeli delegation to assist the Central American country in the wake of two Category 4 hurricanes.
A memorial to the fallen was erected at the site of the shooting, one of the worst attacks on IDF soldiers in recent years.
Since Oct. 29, when the Israeli flag was raised on the deck of the “INS Magen,” four female sailors have learned every part of the ship, down to every screw, and practiced sailing it.
IDF chief of staff says there has been a “clear slowdown” in Iran’s efforts to entrench in Syria in 2020, citing Israeli attacks on “500 Iranian targets” and an increase in Israeli cyber warfare operations.
Five female graduates are among the 25 cadets who have completed the Israeli Air Force’s UAV Operational Training Course.
Maj. N., who serves as deputy commander of the 119th Air Force Squadron, will be the first female officer to serve in the highly sensitive role.
Xtend employs a virtual-reality headset and a single-handed controller—reminiscent of a game console—that operators use to point into the space around them and direct the drones to their expected locations.
The state-of-the-art vessel is the first of four commissioned by the navy to protect the country’s offshore gas fields and territorial waters.
Officers are put in simulated crises “where there are no good or bad decisions, only the least worst decisions to choose from under pressure and under uncomfortable conditions. This is based on the understanding that when they find themselves in the field, they will say, ‘Wait a second! I remember what this feels like,’ ” Col. Shahar Back tells JNS.
During a routine inspection of Israel’s northern borders, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi says he “came to evaluate the current state of security” in the wake of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran.
In his first-ever interview, IDF Galilee Division commander Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder shares his perspective on the situation in Israel’s tense north.
