WATCH: IDF gunner vs US Marine in machine gun showdown
A veteran IDF machine gunner and a former US Marine face off in a head-to-head competition testing speed, accuracy, reloads, and malfunction drills with belt-fed machine guns.
A veteran IDF machine gunner and a former US Marine face off in a head-to-head competition testing speed, accuracy, reloads, and malfunction drills with belt-fed machine guns.
The “buddy” approach is more attractive to militaries than all robots because it combines the advantages of robotics with something machines still struggle to provide:
Israel’s unique ability to learn, adapt and rapidly turn battlefield experience into new procedures is a characteristic increasingly studied by other armies preparing for their own wars.
Weeks after conquering the stronghold and ending a months-long siege that trapped and eliminated dozens of Hezbollah terrorists, the IDF destroyed the sprawling underground complex beneath Ali Taher Ridge.
In less than five years, Israeli air‑defense contracts with EU states surpassed $15 billion, and Rafael is opening a factory in Germany at a former Volkswagen plant to produce Iron Dome components for European customers.
Covenant’s mission is straightforward yet ambitious: to produce low‑cost cruise missiles that retain the precision, range and reliability of far more expensive Western systems.
Gen. George Keegan, former chief of U.S. Air Force Intelligence, “I could not have procured the intelligence [received from Israel] with five CIAs.”
As a mobile, hidden asset, it ensures Israel retains a credible second‑strike option even if air bases or missile batteries were targeted.
Fareh Hamad, a Hamas terrorist linked to multiple shooting attacks during the Second Intifada and terrorist recruitment in Judea and Samaria, was eliminated in an IDF strike in Gaza.
Israel’s first missile, the Shafrir, did not perform as well as hoped during the 1967 Six-Day War, but the experience quickly led to improvements.
From a regime survival perspective, an external conflict can buy time domestically, increase leverage internationally and reassert relevance regionally.
By coordinating aerial, ground and maritime systems, the new branch will standardize procurement, training, doctrine and deployment, allowing autonomous platforms to operate alongside regular forces.
IDF rabbis routinely travel to active combat zones, enduring rugged terrain and security risks to blow the shofar for troops on the front lines.
As Hamas continues stalling on disarmament, the IDF is intensifying attacks on senior commanders and hidden weapons caches throughout the Gaza Strip.
A senior figure in Israel’s National Security Council cautioned that Iranian operations have grown markedly.
Facing an escalating barrage of Iranian missiles and drones, the UAE is turning to Israel for some of the world’s most advanced air-defense technology.
Its deployment reflects Israel’s growing need to defend strategic offshore infrastructure, including natural‑gas platforms in the Mediterranean.
‘Successive Israeli governments, including senior officials in the National Security Council, IDF General Staff, and Foreign Ministry, have avoided confronting Egypt over treaty violations, allowing the situation to escalate unchecked.’
In a wave of airstrikes across Gaza, IDF forces destroyed three weapons depots used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists and neutralized a rocket launch site used during the war.
Python‑5 is designed to find, track, and destroy fighter jets, drones, and cruise missiles with a level of precision unmatched by most competing systems.
