Communications

"First of all, the rocket fire has diplomatic significance," says Dr. Yehoshua Kalisky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies. "They want to show that they are not going to surrender, that they are on the ground, and that they are capable of firing as much as they want." Former commander of Israel’s air defenses Brigadier General Ran Kochav adds,...

Each Iron Dome interception missile is estimated to cost approximately $50,000, if not more, according to experts. Israel fires two missiles per interception, Yehoshua Kalisky, a senior researcher the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, told CNN. Israel has been intercepting projectiles almost daily since the war with its northern neighbor began. Just...

Kalisky, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) who specializes in military weaponry, says those outdated batteries would have been pretty useful now against the increasing threat of Hezbollah’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones.

In theory, Israel would have had the means to shoot them down. The problem with the attack on the base was obvious because it was not recognized.» Drones are difficult to spot because of their size and speed, says military expert Yehoshua Kalisky from the Institute for National Security Studies. Israel would use radars developed for fighter aircraft and missiles. Smaller,...

“They are also very maneuverable, able to perform complex and sharp movements in the air and go up and down and below the sight of detection systems,” says Yehoshua Kalisky, a senior researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies. “One of the complexities of [Israel’s defense] mission is to build a picture of what one is really seeing in the sky,” Mr. Haimovitz says....

“Most, if not all, of the drones are manufactured by the Iranians and then supplied to the armed groups in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen,” Dr Yehoshua Kalisky, senior researcher of the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told the BBC.

“It’s a political message of the United States to Israel that, ‘We are with you,’” said Yehoshua Kalisky, a military technology expert at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “And to enemies, it’s: ‘Don’t.’” ...Mr. Kalisky compared the THAAD to one of Israel’s main defense systems, the David’s Sling, a stationary weapon at a fixed location that can shoot...