Israel Stakes Stock
Lessons leaned from last year's Hezbollah War. Report from Spacewar:
- One is to strengthen Israel's early warning capabilities from providing a strategic warning over Iran's nuclear capabilities to very specific warnings about an individual suicide bomber.
- The second goal is to strengthen deterrence by demonstrating readiness to use the force. Fewer 'effects' and more coping with threats in order to neutralize them, Dekel said.
- If deterrence fails, the army should lick the enemy using also ground forces, combining movement and accurate fire. The air force failed to stop the short range rocket attacks. The soldiers on the ground did.
- The fourth element will focus on active defense against rocket attacks. Israel tended to ignore the short range rockets' potential.
Other than America, no one learns better from their own mistakes than the Israelis. Terrorists beware!
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