Category: ISRAEL

Col. Nissim (Photo: IDF Spokesperson) The heightened tension with Iran over its nuclear program is forcing the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to rethink its special needs. Colonel Shlomo Nissim, head of the IAF’s Aircraft Engineering Department, says, “Our goal is to be at the forefront of technology. We have outstanding people with brilliant ideas, whose…

Israel: The chief task facing the newly appointed Head of the IDF’s Planning Branch, Major General Nimrod Shefer, is to restart the debates in the General Staff for consolidating the IDF’s new multi-year plan, codenamed “Halamish.” The plan was supposed to enter effect at the start of 2012 and be implemented at least by the…

The Reading Power station Elbit Systems has decided to define the field of cyber warfare as one of its primary expansion goals for the coming years. Dozens of experts have already been recruited to the cyber department headed by Brigadier General (Res.) Yair Cohen, former commander of the central collection unit 8200 in the IDF’s…

Is Israel maintaining airbases in Azerbaijan? “Foreign Policy Magazine” is reporting that Israel has obtained permission from the Azerbaijani government to use four abandoned air force bases, located close to Iran’s border. According to US sources, these are abandoned bases from the soviet era in the country. A former US intelligence senior official told the…

Russia recently unveiled its new Kornet EM missile that can launch at least two antitank missiles simultaneously. There is concern that the weapon might be transferred to Syria, and then make its way to Hezbollah in Lebanon Russia unveiled its new Kornet EM antitank missile at a recent exhibition. This missile is an advanced variant…

How the phone-phreaking Badir brothers ran rings around Israel‘s telcos for six scam-filled years. Inside the chintz-filled living room of the Badir family’s neat and modest home, a feast of freshly roasted chicken, saffron rice, and seasoned vegetable stew perfumes the air. Friends and relatives pour through the front door to congratulate 27-year-old Munther “Ramy”…

Mahammad Hasin Awad Abu-Aadra was arrested trying to infiltrate Israel through the Sinai. He confessed that he sought to implement a suicide attack in Eilat, planned by Hamas Shabak released a statement that they arrested Mahammad Hasin Awad Abu-Aadra, a Rafah resident, at the end of February, while he was attempting to infiltrate Israel through…

Former head of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Nitzan Nuriel, is calling on Israelis in Turkey to operate cautiously in light of information that terror elements are seeking to carry out attacks against Israeli targets   The Counter-Terrorism Bureau increased its existing travel alert for Turkey yesterday (Tuesday), following intelligence information that terror elements intend to carry…

The new Major General in the IDF’s General Staff, Nitzan Alon, was considered to be the “enemy of the settlers” when he served as former commander of the Judea and Samaria division. Today, Alon began his role as head of the Central Command. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in a ceremony…

Arie Egozi Arie Egozi is a seasoned reporter in the defense industry and in military and civilian aviation. He has worked closely with the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, and written for international journals in both the aviation and defense fields. The speeches were amazing, truly a school of state speeches, fluent and sweeping. The applause…

Major General (Res.) Yadlin during a lecture at the Tel Aviv University Major General (Res.) Amos Yadlin, the former Head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence and current head of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), believes that an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities will result in regional stability in the Middle East.…

Arie Egozi Arie Egozi is a seasoned reporter in the defense industry and in military and civilian aviation. He has worked closely with the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, and written for international journals in both the aviation and defense fields. Israel needs to begin a cyber counterattack; the cooperation between IAI and Boeing creates a…

Israel’s Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and the senior officials of the Israeli defense establishment inaugurated the Israeli pavilion at the Singapore Air Show on Tuesday morning. The Israeli delegation arrived accompanied by heavy security, due to the event that occurred yesterday near the embassy in New Delhi, India, and the attempt to harm the…