JAN. 19 – “Iran has hindered the dialogue (with the West) and the international community is preparing to use sanctions against it,” said Israel’s military intelligence chief, Major-General Amos Yadlin, in testimony today before the Israeli Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “However, currently while Iran isn’t under heavy pressure, it sees no need to forego [...]
JAN. 15 – According to Reuters, Israel is broaching the idea of buying a sixth discounted submarine from Germany as part of a military buildup designed to signal strength in the face of Iranian nuclear ambitions.
JAN. 6 – Next month, Israel plans to begin distributing gask masks and protection kits to its citizens. See report in today’s Haaretz.
Ron Ben Yishai, the respected Israeli commentator on defense and national security for the Israeli news site, YNET, recently authored a piece titled, “IDF Promises Full Military Preparedness.” He discusses his article in this broadcast.
JAN. 5 – Israel’s Homefront Command has announced a test of its emergency broadcast system on local radio stations. During tomorrow’s early morning hours of Jan. 6, listeners will hear 10-second announcements informing them of emergency sirens sounding in their respective listening areas.
JAN 4 – Israel’s Defense Ministry has announced a large-scale, simulated attack drill to take place in Tel Aviv, next week.
Israel’s various emergency services will coordinate a “response” to a biological attack involving more than 1,000 victims.
See report in today’s Haaretz about the planned simulation.
JAN. 3 – Israel Channel 10 Military Affairs correspondent Alon Ben David reports that the Israeli Air Force has successfully retrofitted decades-old Boeing 707 airplanes, essentially turning them into aerial tankers for refueling Israeli F-15’s.
Covering an air force drill and broadcasting pictures of a mid-air refueling, Ben David showed the interior of an old Boeing aircraft, with its passenger seats replaced with fuel tanks.
Ben [...]
JAN. 2 – Ron Ben Yishai, the military correspondent for the Israeli news site, YNET, has authored a column titled “IDF Promises Full Military Preparedness.”
While Ben Yishai notes that Israeli censorship forbids the publication of specific data pointing to the extent of Israel’s military readiness, the number of training hours and practice drills involving Israel’s air force [...]
