Just as Israel’s enemies are always looking for new ways to attack Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) must also look for new ways to defend the country.
The Israeli military’s top brass is convinced it needs to make serious changes in the IDF to be ready for new challenges in warfare.
In past fighting, small IDF units acting alone were able to accomplish great things. However, tomorrow’s enemy will require the IDF to excel at multi-dimensional fighting, with increasingly sophisticated technological tools aiding in firepower, intelligence and coordination. Israel’s fighting is more and more often against terrorist elements embedded in populated areas. Therefore, precise and quick warfare capabilities are becoming even more critical.
The IDF is creating new multi-dimensional capabilities as Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi moves forward with the “Momentum Plan.” The new units will enable a larger range of responses than those available to the more homogenous infantry units of the past.
As a first step in this direction, the army has created the “ghost” multi-dimensional unit, headed by Yaron Finkelman. The unit serves as a kind of living “laboratory” for the IDF to try out new concepts it hopes to eventually apply in many additional units. This summer the ghost unit successfully performed its first major combat exercises carried out over the course of several weeks.
Unit commander Brigadier General Yaron Finkelman says:
“Over the past year, in-depth work has been done to ensure that the unit fulfills its mission. This training exercise is a significant milestone in the unit’s performance and shows progress in developing innovative capabilities and combat methods, along with integration of land, air, intelligence and communication forces. We will continue to learn, change, improve and increase the readiness of the land forces for the next war.”
Air Force Brigadier General Noam Riff added:
“The Air Force is a full partner in the multidimensional unit and is an integral part of the force-building and the competence-building. The unit combines air crews, UAV operators, and special air force fighters along with the leading air squadrons representing the range of tools in the Air Force’s possession. Many officers from the cooperation unit participated, along with accompanying squadrons and air officers stationed in the multidimensional unit, and actualized all the capabilities that the Air Force provides for combat in an urban setting, the IDF is expected to encounter in the next campaign.”
Despite doing its very best to be prepared for the next war, Israel hopes its expensive and formidable army will only need to serve as a deterrent. As many Israelis have tried to comfort each other when a baby is born: “Surely by the time the baby is 18 years old, we will already have peace and the compulsory military draft will be cancelled!”
Basel Awidat / Flash90
Train Hard, So the Battle Will Be Easy
How the Israeli Air Force Is Preparing for Multi-Arena War
10 Years of the Iron Dome
Finding a Biblical Military Doctrine
The IDF Versus Drug Dealers: How an Inter-Agency Effort Is Denting the Flow of Narcotics
US Cancels Joint Military Exercise with IDF
IDF Photographer Fights Fake News With Faith
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Israeli “Angry Bird” Will Hunt Enemy Drones
“Data is a Weapon, and Artificial Intelligence is the X-Factor”
IDF Veteran With PTSD Commits Suicide 7 Years After Gaza Conflict
Netanyahu: IDF Refusals the Real Threat to Democracy
More Muslims Joining the Israeli Army
Israel Air Force “Blue Flag” Begins
Our Soldiers – Help us Remember and Support Them!
Tachles With Aviel – Israel’s Arms Exports Are Booming!
IDF Service: Between Duty, Promise and Excuses
Support the IDF and the People of Israel
DRONE DOME: Israel’s New UAV Defense System
IDF to Israel Today readers: Thank you!
Israel Develops Precision Hand-Launched Guided Missile
How Does it Feel to be a Muslim Soldier in Israel’s Army?
Swords Into Plowshares: Israel Missile Factory Producing Ventilators
IDF: Drones Played Major Role in Latest Gaza War
A Flag for Every Fallen
IDF Alpine Troops Train on Mount Hermon
IDF soldiers say ‘thank you’ to Israel Today readers
IDF’s New Futuristic “Ghost Corps”
Meet Israel’s New Cutting-Edge Warship
ANALYSIS: Israel’s Stunning New Game-Changing Weapons
Connect with Israeli soldiers – send us your letters, and we’ll deliver them!
Israeli Submarines Play Bigger Role as Shadow War With Iran Escalates
New laser defense makes israel invincible
Israel’s use of the F-35 benefits the US
Israel Reinters the IDF’s First Fallen Paratrooper
‘We Came to Learn From the Israel Air Force’
Security group to IDF: Take tougher stand against refusal to serve
The other side of the reform struggle that nobody reports on
New Israeli Army Chief Vows to Keep Politics Out of IDF
Largest-Ever IDF Exercise Begins
Far-left Activists Disrupt IDF Live-Fire Drill in Hebron Hills
New IDF Naval Missile System to Protect Offshore Energy
The Trailblazing Female Muslim Arab IDF Major
The IDF’s network-based machine is winning in Gaza
Israeli Navy and US Fifth Fleet Complete ‘Digital Shield’ Joint Exercise
Haifa: 2 IDF Pilots Killed in Helicopter Crash
IDF Inaugurates Next-Gen Eitan APCs: Watch
Young Israeli Soldiers’ Support Missing From New Budget
Israeli Military Makes Corona Cure Breakthrough
Israeli Army Presents a ‘Light to the Nations’
The IDF Battle Over Beards That Groomed a Band of Buddies
Resting Side-by-Side: Change of Policy for Non-Jewish Soldiers
The IDF Is Building a Networked War Machine
Birthdays Not Lonely for Lone Israeli Soldiers
The Shocking Revelation That Has All Israelis Talking
Leukemia Survivor Becomes IDF Officer
Netanyahu: In the Next War We Will Win Decisively
“What I Did to Palestinians as an IDF Soldier”
IDF to turn organic waste into renewable energy
Israeli Army Gets Creative With Draft Dodgers
Behind the Scenes of the IDF’s War Drill: A Digital Revolution
Meet the Israeli Army’s New Chief of Staff
Rabbis Demand IDF Establish All-Male Artillery Unit
The IDF Experience Through the Eyes of Israeli Soldiers
IDF, Economy & Prophecy: Three Reasons for Optimism
In Photos: Israeli Troops Prepare for Battle
Tragic Accident: 2 IDF Officers Killed by Friendly Fire
Israel’s Wars: When and Why
Despite Corona, Lone Soldier-Immigrants Arrive in Israel
Help gird the soldiers of Israel for war
In Photos: Israeli Forces Prepare for War
VIDEO: Israeli Army Takes on a New Mission
IDF spy plane makes first test flight
In First, Israel to Sell Merkava Tanks to Europe
Israel Air Force Looks to Develop New Space Capabilities
Secret of the Israel Defense Forces Revealed [VIDEO]
“Eternal Judea” is Critical to IDF’s Future, Insists Israeli General
IDF Identifies ‘As Many Targets in a Month as It Did in a Year’
IDF Delivers Palestinian Mother and Baby
Israel’s Newest Paratroopers are Sworn-In
Stir Over Female Combat Soldiers in Israel
Not All Scars are Physical: IDF Veterans Battle PTSD
Congratulations to Israel’s Newest Air Force Pilots!
Israel President Offers Pardons During Ten Days of Awe
Israeli Soldiers Rescue Palestinian Man Under Attack
Why Fewer Israelis Now Serve in the IDF
Missing Palestinian children found in Israeli settlement
Looking for Summer Adventure? Volunteer for the IDF in Israel!
The IDF’s Fear of God-Fearing Generals
“Wall of Lasers” Will Protect Israel From Future Threats
Israelis, Americans to Jointly Develop Laser Defenses
Amid Russia-Ukraine War, Nations Clamor for Israeli Weapons
I Finally Got My Medal, Too
Israel Prepares Helicopter Pilots for ‘Difficult’ Wartime Scenarios
IN PHOTOS: Israeli Paratroopers Train on the Golan
IDF to Open Elite Combat Units to Female Soldiers
The New Spy Balloon That Watches Over Israel
The Tragedy of the Two Yuvals With the Same Surname
Ben-Gurion: “The Spirit of the Hebrew Army Must Not Be Lost”
Israel Ranked Among World’s Mightiest Nations
Viral Photo Shows IDF Officer Protecting Palestinian Woman
“Top Threat” to Israel Will Surprise You
Wanted: More Women in Combat
Rehabilitative “Discipleship” in the IDF
Matan Was There for Us, Now We are There for Him
Israel Today Membership
Monthly Membership
Yearly Membership
Save 18% Per Month.
Six Months Membership
Save 9% Per Month.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Only members can read and write comments.