{"id":2499113,"date":"2025-10-15T09:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-israels-defense-industry-learned-from-its-multifront-war\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:44:20","slug":"what-israels-defense-industry-learned-from-its-multifront-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-israels-defense-industry-learned-from-its-multifront-war\/","title":{"rendered":"What Israel\u2019s defense industry learned from its multifront war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-israels-defense-industry-learned-from-its-multifront-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the lessons learned by Israel&#8217;s defense industry from its longest continuous conflict, which has lasted nearly two years across multiple fronts. Caught off guard by Hamas&#8217;s surprise attack on October 7, 2023, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have as severely weakened groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran&#8217;s military and nuclear programs.Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-vows-unprecedented-response-to-iranian-missile-drone-attack\/\" title=\"Israel promises a strong reaction to Iranian missile and drone strike\">layered air defense system<\/a>-including the Iron dome, David&#8217;s Sling, and arrow-has been heavily tested during this period. A notable development is the Iron Beam,a high-energy laser defense system created by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (a joint Israeli-U.S. company) to supplement missile interceptors at a lower operational cost. Tho not fully operational, prototypes have been deployed successfully for tasks such as intercepting drones.<\/p>\n<p>The key takeaway from this multifront war is the need for resilience, both militarily and among civilians, as Israel faced sustained fighting on multiple distant fronts simultaneously.Another critical lesson is the necessity of maintaining large stockpiles of ammunition and air defense interceptors, as limited quantities can severely undermine prolonged defense capabilities. These experiences mirror challenges seen in other conflicts, such as Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine, emphasizing evolving warfare dynamics involving drones, artificial intelligence, and the importance of sustained logistical readiness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">What Israel&rsquo;s defense industry learned from its multifront war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2372797\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israeli<\/a> military is on the verge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/3849757\/jubilation-israel-hostages-returned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">completing two straight years <\/a>of operations across multiple fronts, the longest continuous conflict the country has ever endured.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces were not prepared for the conflict. Rather, they were caught off guard on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas&rsquo;s attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3828962\/israelis-struggle-with-trauma-from-day-etched-in-infamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forever changed the course<\/a> of the country. In the following two years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3823645\/oct-7-anniversary-israel-battles-optics-isolation-death-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel Defense Forces severely degraded <\/a>several of its archenemies, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Iran&rsquo;s military and nuclear program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3850995\/army-hegseth-counter-drone-task-force-change-how-pentagon-thinks\/\">Army&rsquo;s counter-drone task force looks to &lsquo;change the way the department&rsquo; thinks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3850971\/media-friendly-trump-endorses-hegseths-reporting-restrictions\/\">Media-friendly Trump endorses Hegseth&rsquo;s reporting restrictions that prompt mass exit by Pentagon press corps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3850222\/understanding-pentagon-dispute-media-press-rules\/\">Understanding the Pentagon&#8217;s dispute with the media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >country simultaneously faced unprecedented attacks<\/a>, the likes of which it had never faced before, and had to react in real time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Israel has a layered air defense system that was heavily tested over the last two years. The system includes the Iron Dome, David&rsquo;s Sling, and Arrow, which are designed to intercept different incoming aerial projectiles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Advanced Defense System, a joint Israel-U.S. defense company, is developing three variations of what it calls the Iron Beam. The system is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dawn-of-a-new-era-u-s-navy-unveils-laser-weapon-system-destroys-target-in-gulf-of-aden\/\" title=\"Dawn Of A New Era: U.S. Navy Unveils Laser Weapon ..., Destroys Target In Gulf Of Aden\">high-energy laser weapon system<\/a> that can intercept specific projectiles. It&rsquo;s meant to be a cost-effective way to supplement the military&rsquo;s Iron Dome.<\/p>\n<p>While not completely operational, shortly after the war began, Rafael gave the IDF prototypes to deploy the systems however it saw fit. The IDF ultimately used the Iron Beam in the north to intercept Hezbollah-fired drones.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a time of despair,&rdquo; Gideon Weiss, the vice president of international business development at Rafael, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in an interview at the Association of the United States Army exposition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The young soldiers operating these were quick learners and provided feedback to the company about how it worked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were a lot of very interesting operator observations about where to aim, how to aim, how to operate, how to maintain data in the course of developing this,&rdquo; Weiss said. &ldquo;And this was a present for Rafael, because we got all of this information from the users, and they were immediately applied to the systems that are now in production.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Iron Beam has its limitations. It doesn&rsquo;t have the range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel&rsquo;s other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-at-syria-after-missile-defense-shield-fails\/\" title=\"Israel Strikes Back At Syria After Missile Defense Shield Fails\">air defense systems<\/a><\/a>, and inclement weather can affect its usability. Despite its high cost for procurement, each individual laser fire is &ldquo;negligible&rdquo; in cost compared to the highly expensive interceptor missiles they use otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>The whole world has watched Israel&rsquo;s military operations across the Middle East and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3849220\/trump-invites-zelensky-to-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia&rsquo;s war in Ukraine<\/a>, looking for signs of how warfare is developing in the age of artificial intelligence and the proliferation of drone use both for lethal and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (known as ISR) purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;No. 1&rdquo; lesson learned from the war is that &ldquo;we need resilience,&rdquo; Weiss said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We used to be having short wars, six days, two or three weeks, or maybe a month and a half, but never did we think about fighting seven fronts at the same time in distances that are more than 1,000 miles away from home for more than two years. This was never fathomed. So the lesson No. 1 is resilience, both on the military side, as well as on the civilian side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3849383\/hamas-executes-rivals-cracks-down-on-civilians-post-peace-deal-gaza-power-vacuum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HAMAS EXECUTES RIVALS, CRACKS DOWN ON CIVILIANS IN POST-DEAL GAZA POWER VACUUM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weiss said the second biggest lesson learned is increasing the stockpiles of ammunition and air defense systems. He called it &ldquo;laughable&rdquo; when &ldquo;other countries that are buying air defense systems are talking about quantities of dozens or a few hundred,&rdquo; and he added, &ldquo;If you have these small numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-military-aircraft-enter-taiwans-air-defense-zone-following-ukraine-invasion\/\" title=\"Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan\u2019s ... Zone Following ... Invasion\">air defense missiles<\/a>, interceptors, what are you going to do after a few days of fighting?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Depleted stockpiles have also been a theme of the Russia-Ukraine war as Western countries have sought to aid Ukraine, specifically its air defense, over the more than three and a half years of conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s defense industry lessons from multifront war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2499114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24105000067015-scaled-e1760533769218.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32154,4671,44765,38483,65255],"class_list":["post-2499113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defense-industry","tag-israel","tag-lessons-learned","tag-military-strategy","tag-multifront-war"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24105000067015-scaled-e1760533769218.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499113\/revisions\/2499117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}