Israel’s defensive preparedness amid rise of UAS threats
The Israel Air Force is widely recognized as one of the world’s best organizations of military aviation. It excels in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes and surface-to-air intercepts, the last mission being assigned in the Israel Defense Forces to this branch rather than to the Army. Yet what has been a remarkable record against birds of prey is more questionable when mosquitoes buzz in. Last week, a small Unmanned Aerial System penetrated Israeli airspace from Lebanon and managed to safely sneak out back home after being chased by aircraft and air defense. Is that a serious hole in Israel’s wall, or merely an asterisk?
To analyze it we are joined from central Israel by Brigadier General (Res.) Doron Gavish, Former Air Defense Chief, Israel Air Force. Also joining us from another location in central Israel is Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Israeli Public Diplomacy, Security, Intelligence Expert at ICT, the Reichman University. And Amir Oren, TV7 Editor at Large, Host of TV7 Watchmen Talk & Powers in Play.
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