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Live Update From the Liveblog of Saturday, July 12, 2025 Israeli jet malfunctioned above Iran, narrowly averted emergency landing amid war — report Today, 11:04 pm An Israeli fighter jet approaching Tehran amid the 12-day war with Iran last month suffered a fuel tank malfunction that almost...

Chieftan tank sales to Israel, 1968 ...

Apparently the US just hit Fordow and two other Iranian nuke sites. Speculation running high MOPs were used.

IAI's Barak achieved several milestones this week: 1. First operational intercept via the Barak Magen naval air defense system. The Barak Magen is a Barak system integrated into the Magen class Sa'ar 6 ship's systems. Now the IAF released a statement that an IAF-operated Barak system, notice...

View: https://x.com/masao_dahlgren/status/1933595883410440421 Like a game of Missile Command. Also drives home the difference between the missiles we typically see landing in Ukraine and those coming from Iran. The Iranian missiles are glowing due to their higher speed (because they had to...

A few days ago this was recovered in Lebanon. It says at the top "Zikit 3". Zikit translates to chameleon, but it could also relate to the Hermes 450, named Zik. The Hermes 450 / Zik is the IAF's primary strike UAV, carrying light munitions such as the Mikholit, used for acoustic effect (roof...

I couldn't find a thread related to Israeli AFVs in general, so I'm hoping all Israeli AFV related stuff can be consolidated here. Obviously it's not all just Merkava. Short story: IDF is looking into adding drones and LMs to its AFVs. Background: This is fairly old news. It's all part of the...

On October 7th 2023 and the following days, Israel was attacked on 7 fronts. In contrast with wars in the past 20 years, the threat included not only rockets but also drones, routinely launched from Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran. Most of these were evidently fairly easy to detect, track...

In 2023 Israeli company Rafael unveiled the SkySting. First named SkySpear but quickly renamed. Product page here. Rafael makes several claims: It's a 6th gen missile. Leap in RF seeker capabilities. 3 pulse motor instead of 2 pulse. Significant range increase (and "very long range"). Extra...

This thread is related to the alleged Israeli strike preparations against Iran of mid-October 2024 as indicated by the leaked documents published on the web at: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/11183 Quotation:

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/israeli-first-operationnal-use-of-new-8x8-fully-automatic-155mm-howitezer-nammed-thunder View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr61hJ1a038

The great turkey shoot over Jordan (04 2024) : On the night of Saturday to Sunday 14th 04 24, Iran launched a series of Missile and drone strikes against Israel. Launches were reported from Iran, Irak and Yemen totalling 320 drones, Cruise and ballistic missiles (respectively, 170, 30 and 120...

Israeli SKy Dew Aerostat long range airborne warning aerostat https://theaviationist.com/2021/11/04/israel-sky-dew/?fbclid=IwAR2X2u_0hcfOTjcNxYaki4SKw27vv-twYErbuTDz_4rJ_nAFq4b3eYd7wkA

After the end of the Second World War, the surviving Jews in the Nazi concentration camps set off a new wave of return to their hometowns and settle down in Palestine. Seeing that the time was right, Zionism began to raise up, calling on Jews living in different parts of the world to return to...

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From SDASM Flickr photostream - what is obviously a visit to Northrop from an Israeli delegation. Anyone know more?

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/169661/israel-mod-confirms-arrow-3-test-success.html "This morning, the Ministry of Defense along with the US Missile Defense Agency, conducted the first successful test using the "Arrow 3" defense system designated for interception of...

I was somewhat surprised to see no thread on the Iron Dome system, particularly after its success against the recent Hamas rockets fired against Israel. Does anybody have any information on the system?

Israel unveils secret missile Published: Aug. 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM JERUSALEM, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Israel's Artillery Corps has revealed the existence of the previously classified Tammuz missile used by the army during the Gaza and Lebanon wars. With a range of 15.5 miles, the missile is equipped...