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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859663
Israel's Revolutions in Drone and Air Defense Systems
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - During the Iran War, Israel experienced revolutions in the use of drones and using robots to speed up air defense interceptor production, the Defense Ministry revealed on Tuesday. The IDF logged thousands of flight hours over the skies of Iran, 1,500-2,000 km. away, something not strategically possible until now. Drones can refuel mid-flight, there were U.S. naval vessels in the region which could theoretically serve as launch points, and it is possible that Israeli naval vessels might have been in the region to serve as launch points. These drones undertook 500 attacks in Iran, making up 50% of the total aerial attacks. Israel faced the problem of having sufficient Arrow 2 and 3 interceptors for its defense against ballistic missiles fired by Iran, the Houthis, and others. Ministry sources said Israel never reached a red line of having insufficient interceptors to shoot down such missiles. They noted that greater integration of robots and automated services into the production of Arrow interceptors has tremendous potential to reduce the costs of each interceptor. In terms of air defense against drones, the IDF announced last week that there was a 99% shoot-down rate against 1,000 Iranian drones, with only two drones striking anything and no Israelis killed.