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By Yiftah S. Shapir INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Israel has been under rocket attack for many years. Particularly memorable are the shelling of Galilee panhandle...

By Amir Averbuch and Gabi Siboni INSS – CYBER Warfare Program   The classic defense methods employed throughout the world in recent decades are proving unsuccessful in halting modern...

Yesterday’s murder of a Jerusalem lawyer and his daughter proves that guns in the hands of security guards spell danger rather than security. A disgruntled...

As discussed in a previous article, the mechanisms available to hackers allow them to create a phased plan to take over computer systems, particularly...

By Asa Kasher and Amos Yadlin INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Between Military Ethics and the Laws of War The ethical doctrine of the war on terror...

Researchers are looking into whether today’s nuclear weapons are safe from computer hacking. The research seeks to address the question of whether the ability...

According to data revealed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense Israel is among the top ten security exporters, 25% of the exports being missile...

The European union again made a decision that is not worth the paper it is printed on. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union...

Today, there are many remotely operated submarines that handle important tasks, such as checking underwater pipelines, mapping underwater minefields, searching for locations to place...

India’s Behala Airport will become an operating base for Indian Navy Heron and Searcher MK II unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to officials, discussions...

 A reshaping plan of the EU defense industries may create additional problems for the Israeli defense industries, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry officials. AFP...

Just weeks after the firing off the world's first 3D printed handgun, a smart rifle that allows the user to accurately hit targets up to...

In the early hours of  June 18th, a Mercedes coupé travelling at an extremely high speed along a Los Angeles street smashed into a...

Very often one can learn about international market trends simply by speaking to the technology providers, that way you also get a wider perspective...

The Land Division will focus on land systems development, including weapon systems, armored combat vehicle defenses, shoulder-launched systems and naval combat systems. The division...

Like the Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz” in search of a brain, Boston Dynamics Atlas robot created for the DARPA challenge, is also...

In a 50-page policy paper just released by the Brookings Institute and authored by Commander Joseph Kramek of the U.S. Coast Guard and a...

 Researchers in the United Kingdom and France have developed a new and extremely sensitive method for visualizing fingerprints left on metal surfaces such as...

By Gil Baram INSS – CYBER Warfare Program www.i-hls.com The past decade has witnessed rapid developments in computers and information technology, leading to far reaching changes in almost all areas...

 A recent tragedy like what took place in Newtown, Connecticut where 20 elementary school children and six adults were killed by a mentally disturbed...

The concept demonstrator of the British unmanned air combat vehicle (UCAV)  has been delivered to a flight test site in Australia and is scheduled...

The TSA is testing new screening procedures at airports in Denver, Honolulu, Tampa and Indianapolis. The effort to speed up security while also keeping...