Israeli military leaders have begun early planning for a new, robotic defense system, armed with enough artificial intelligence that it "could take over completely" from flesh-and-blood operators in the event of an all-out nuclear attack.
Israeli defense officials are debating the future of the mobile tactical high energy laser (MTHEL) missile defense program.
The U.S. and Israel have quietly shelved a project to deploy a high-energy laser weapon for missile defense, citing its bulkiness, high costs and poor anticipated results on the battlefield.
The author looks at the implications of the successful overflight of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over Israeli territory by the extremist organization Hezbollah on November 7, 2004
On the eve of a widely expected new war against Iraq, Israel is deploying one of the most sophisticated missile defense systems in the world, has its own spy satellite and radar warning system and has created a vast Home Front Command to prepare citizens and medical services for potential attacks.
Calling missile defenses an ?inherently stabilizing concept,? a senior U.S. defense official said the United States is considering allowing Israel to sell Arrow missile interceptors to India.
TRW, the U.S. Army and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMoD) have blazed a new trail in the history of defensive warfare by using the Army's Tactical High Energy Laser/Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (THEL/ACTD), the world's first high-energy laser weapon system designed for operational use, to shoot down a rocket carrying a live warhead.