Israeli Defence News

Testing short-range ballistic missiles successfully passed in Israel, June 2, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Launches of ballistic missiles of the LORA system on naval targets at a distance of 70 and 400 kilometers passed in Israel.

Russia sent its Peresvet combat laser system to Syria, which successfully passed the tests by shooting down a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle in the sky above the south western part of Syria.

The Syrian military command announced its readiness to use the modernized MiG-29 fighters to protect airspace over the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, including to attack Israeli fighters.

Over the past few weeks, Israel isn't able to openly attack Iranian military transport aircraft, which are actively deploying certain weapons to Syria, reports BulgarianMilitary.com according opinions of several military experts.

Former Israeli diplomat Ilan Baker said that if Jordan is dissatisfied with Tel Aviv’s position to annex territories located on the West Bank of the Jordan River, the king of this Middle Eastern country could risk and declare war on Israel

The American publication The Washington Post reports that Israel stands behind a cyber attack on the Iranian port of Shahid Rajay, located near Bandar Abbas, at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called for the arming of the people of Israel’s West Bank, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing EurAsia Daily.

According to sources in the Syrian forces, during a special military operation in the southern part of the Arab Republic, the Syrian military managed to seize dozens of Israeli and American missiles, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

The Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas has also threatened Israel with mass conflict if the annexation of the Palestinian territories takes place, learned BulgarianMilitary.com quoting the spokesman of the organization Abd al-Latif al-Qanu.

The United States of America announced its intention, together with Israel, to launch a large-scale attacks on Iran’s position in Syria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Avaipro and Al-Masdar news agencies.

Against the background of the start of the annexation of Samaria and Judea, the king of Jordan threatened Tel Aviv with a full-scale war, despite the position of the rest of the world community, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

According to Al-Masdar News sources, the transport aircraft made a flight from the Iranian capital to Khmeimim in order to avoid a possible Israeli air force strike at Damascus airport - the final destination of cargo arrived from Tehran (its nature is not specified).

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed for the tactical reconnaissance UAV Hermes 900 an ejection system for inflatable liferafts. According to Flightglobal the device can be used in long search and rescue operations at sea

Speaking to a media briefing hosted by MediaCentral, Yadlin, who currently is executive director of INSS, said, “the Iranians are not leaving. I am not buying this argument.”

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into Israel early Wednesday that landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing The Times of Israel.

The Israeli officials refused to comment on these reported attacks, maintaining Israel’s policy of ambiguity, under which it generally acknowledges taking action against Iran in Syria

Warehouses with military property collapsed due to missiles launched by the Israeli military from planes, the Syrian army command said on May 4, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

ImageSat, a private intelligence company, has released a series of satellite imagery showed the extent of the damage caused to the Syrian infrastructure as a result of airstrikes in the country from March 31 to April 27

Damascuss accused Israel that helicopters from IDF carried out airstrikes on targets in the Syrian-held Golan heights in the Friday morning, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, citing state news agency SANA.

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced yesterday that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $103 million to supply comprehensive Electronic Warfare (EW) suites for an Air Force of an Asian country.