Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

November 2, 2024 | |

U.S. Marines Train with Mobile Air Defense Adapted from Iron Dome

The United States conducted a successful live-fire training of a transportable aerial defense system that includes components from Israel’s Iron Dome system.

October 21, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Leaks and spy rings merely delay the inevitable Israeli operation

Allegedly leaked documents from the US National Security Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, paired with Tehran’s ongoing intelligence operations, seek to disrupt Israel’s plans...

July 20, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Lydia LaFavor

Build Iron Dome in the United States To Prepare for Israel’s Worst Day

Israel is racing to build more Iron Dome air defense systems amid a growing threat of war with Hezbollah, which has a massive stockpile of more than 150,000 mortars, rockets, and missiles....

July 9, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Lydia LaFavor, Cameron McMillan

A greatly expanded arsenal means this is not the Hezbollah of 2006

Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Sunday. That attack followed a July 4 assault in which the terror group fired approximately 200 projectiles and over 20...

June 23, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Drone Intercepted After Penetrating Deep Into Lower Galilee

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted an apparent Hezbollah drone over the Lower Galilee on June 23. The drone threat from Lebanon set off sirens in numerous Israeli communities...

June 19, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah publishes drone footage of Israel as Nasrallah issues new warnings

Israeli-Hezbollah tensions increased on June 18 and June 19 as Hezbollah heightened its rhetoric warning of war. Israeli defense officials traveled to northern Israel for an assessment and key discussions...

June 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel Faces Two-Front War as Hezbollah Increases Rocket Attacks

Hezbollah launched over 215 rockets at northern Israel on June 12, in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah commander.

May 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF tech innovation redefines the war in Gaza

The battlefield requires constant monitoring, and learning about the enemy - two elements that Israel's technology excels at.

April 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off

Israel’s successful interception of Iran’s massive drone and missile attack underscores the success of military cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem.

April 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Getting to know the defense systems that keep Israel safe from Iranian threats

The Iranian threat met the aerial and technological superiority of the IDF, along with a strong fighting coalition - which together intercepted the overwhelming majority of the threats.

January 13, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Meet the IDF unit ensuring Israeli tanks are battle ready for Gaza

The IDF’s 7th Brigade is operating in Khan Yunis defeating terrorists, while on border, tanks are repaired and quickly returned to action

November 20, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah increases attacks, IDF degrades Hamas battalions

Hezbollah carried out attacks on northern Israel on November 20. The first occurred in the morning toward a number of border areas stretching from the small Bedouin town of Arab al-Aramshe to Biranit and...

November 17, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel’s modern warfare: How IDF tech closes the loop on terrorists

Modern warfare provides commanders with more access to technology, enabling strike cells to coordinate fire against terror targets.

July 5, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Cole Knie 

Cooperation Between Israel and Its Neighbors Can Defeat Shared Cyber Threats 

Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week launched a new cyber threat intelligence sharing platform, dubbed Crystal Ball, to help combat ransomware and other cyberattacks. The joint effort demonstrates...

May 10, 2023 | |

David’s Sling Air Defense System Intercepts Rocket for First Time

Israel used its David’s Sling air defense system successfully for the first time on May 10 to intercept a rocket aimed at Tel Aviv during a rocket barrage from Gaza-based terrorist...

April 8, 2021 | Jacob Nagel, Shachar Shohat

Iron Dome developers set the record straight on its evolution

Marking 10 years since Iron Dome’s first operational interception, leading figures in developing the missile defense system set the record straight on its evolution

December 28, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

The Powerful Implications of Israel’s Successful Missile Defense Test

The Israeli Missile Defense Organization and U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced earlier this month the successful completion of a series of tests of a multilayered missile defense system using the David’s...

May 23, 2020 | John Hannah, Jacob Nagel

U.S. Troops Are Vulnerable. Israeli Technologies Can Help

The recent U.S. decision to withdraw two Patriot missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia has again highlighted how vulnerable U.S. interests in the Middle East remain to Iran’s growing arsenal of...

January 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Saudi Arabia Sought to Buy Israel’s Iron Dome System

Saudi Arabia’s government expressed interest in purchasing Israel’s antimissile Iron Dome system to stop attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to a report in the S...

November 20, 2012 | Jonathan Kay National Post |

How Israel’s Iron Dome Won the War

Egypt, the United States, the UN and various other international actors have been pushing hard for a...