Israeli military faces gaps after Hezbollah drones wound soldiers
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Updated · Haaretz · May 9
Israeli military faces gaps after Hezbollah drones wound soldiers
12 articles · Updated · Haaretz · May 9
Several soldiers were injured over the past week by Hezbollah fiber-optic-guided attack drones, which Israeli electronic warfare systems cannot jam.
The attacks highlighted unresolved weaknesses in frontline protection, despite the defence establishment having identified possible countermeasures for the drone threat.
Experts have warned for two years that Hezbollah's systems pose a persistent danger, but effective defences have still not reached Israeli troops.
With two years of warnings, why was Israel's high-tech army unprepared for Hezbollah's low-cost drones?
As unjammable drones spread from Ukraine to Africa, are we entering a new era of asymmetric warfare?