Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Last week, an Israeli F-35I Adir fighter downed a cruise missile fired by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. It was the first known intercept of...
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Last week, an Israeli F-35I Adir fighter downed a cruise missile fired by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. It was the first known intercept of...
Meet the F-35I Adir – When Hamas launched its surprise attack on Oct. 7, the Israeli government pledged to eliminate the terror group fully...
It has now been 10 days since Hamas launched its brutal surprise attack on Israel. On Oct 7, Israelis living near the border with...
Surrounded by hostile neighbors, Israel has relied on its military capabilities to survive since its founding over seven decades ago. Despite the small size of...
The American-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is widely considered the most capable jet on the planet, and Israel’s specialized variant might be the best...
Throughout the Middle East, Israel’s force of F-35Is would likely establish air superiority quickly, given that Iran and other regional threats do not appear...
The F-35I fighters also feature indigenous electronic warfare systems (EWS), including domestically-produced countermeasures and sensors, in addition to Israeli-made helmet-mounted displays and other data-gathering...
Perhaps the most critical alteration the Adir fighter possesses is its electronic warfare system (ESW). The F-35I sports domestically-produced sensors and countermeasures, along with...
This week, Israel’s Defense Ministry submitted an official request to the U.S. military’s Joint Program Office to purchase a third squadron of F-35 fighters....
The F-35 is considered a crucial tool in Israel's ongoing "war between the wars" – known in Hebrew as MADAM – against Iranian proxies...