'Israeli missile is only guarantee of survival from potential Iran nukes’
YONAH JEREMY BOB
In the face of a potential Iranian nuclear weapon, “only the Arrow missile-defense system guarantees Israeli survival,” Dov Raviv, former head of the Arrow project at Israel Aircraft Industries, said Tuesday.
“We cannot dismiss a leader of a country who says it will destroy Israel… Iran has said this explicitly,” he said at a conference of the Association for Israeli Military History on the occasion of the publication of a new book by another stalwart of Israel missile defense, Uzi Rubin.
While Israel has many military and diplomatic tools to try to stop Iran’s drive to obtain a nuclear weapon, if it does not succeed, missile defense will be its last line of defense, Raviv said.
Earlier at the conference, former IDF missile-defense commander Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Eitan Yariv said: “Some of the authority judging whether we can use our offense [capabilities against adversaries] is sitting in Washington, DC, and some in Moscow.”
He was referring to the fact that Israel often restrains itself from using military force in Syria, Iraq or other countries based on the wishes of the US and Russia.
In contrast, Yariv said: “Our defense is totally dependent on us… We can defend ourselves by ourselves” and do not need outside approvals even from other global powers.
In contrast, Yariv said: “Our defense is totally dependent on us… We can defend ourselves by ourselves” and do not need outside approvals even from other global powers.
Association for Israeli Military History chairman Col. (res.) Beni Michaelson opened the conference by describing the evolving rocket threats that Israel must contend with.
Israeli missile defense, such as the Arrow missile system, had already succeeded in pushing Iran to shift its military tactics, he said.
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YONAH JEREMY BOB
In the face of a potential Iranian nuclear weapon, “only the Arrow missile-defense system guarantees Israeli survival,” Dov Raviv, former head of the Arrow project at Israel Aircraft Industries, said Tuesday.
“We cannot dismiss a leader of a country who says it will destroy Israel… Iran has said this explicitly,” he said at a conference of the Association for Israeli Military History on the occasion of the publication of a new book by another stalwart of Israel missile defense, Uzi Rubin.
While Israel has many military and diplomatic tools to try to stop Iran’s drive to obtain a nuclear weapon, if it does not succeed, missile defense will be its last line of defense, Raviv said.
Earlier at the conference, former IDF missile-defense commander Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Eitan Yariv said: “Some of the authority judging whether we can use our offense [capabilities against adversaries] is sitting in Washington, DC, and some in Moscow.”
He was referring to the fact that Israel often restrains itself from using military force in Syria, Iraq or other countries based on the wishes of the US and Russia.
In contrast, Yariv said: “Our defense is totally dependent on us… We can defend ourselves by ourselves” and do not need outside approvals even from other global powers.
In contrast, Yariv said: “Our defense is totally dependent on us… We can defend ourselves by ourselves” and do not need outside approvals even from other global powers.
Association for Israeli Military History chairman Col. (res.) Beni Michaelson opened the conference by describing the evolving rocket threats that Israel must contend with.
Israeli missile defense, such as the Arrow missile system, had already succeeded in pushing Iran to shift its military tactics, he said.
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