Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Yaakov Lappin / JNS.org
New Jet Is a Game-Changer for Israeli Air Force
JNS.org - After being deemed combat capable earlier this month, the F-35 “Adir” stealth fighter jet promises to create system-wide change in the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Israel...
Israeli Deterrence Holds Against Iran in Syria — For Now
JNS.org - A recent surge in alleged Israeli strikes on targets in Syria appears to suggest a new Israeli urgency to block Iran’s spread into the...
Israel’s Iron Dome System Goes Naval
JNS.org - The Israeli Navy has a new tool at its disposal to defend the country’s offshore gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, which are under...
Israeli and NATO Navies Ramp Up Working Relationship
JNS.org - On a mid-November Friday night at a Greek naval base, dozens of officers and sailors from several countries gathered around a large dinner table...
Israel’s New Underground Wall Is Latest Round in ‘Competition’ with Gaza Terrorists
JNS.org - Within two years, a deep underground wall, equipped with advanced sensors, will cut through Hamas’s ability to tunnel into Israel. That will lead southern Israeli...
Big Data and Robots Are Part of the IDF’s ‘New World’ of Warfare
JNS.org - United by a common need to analyze huge quantities of streaming data, and to recognize the key information contained within all of it,...
NATO States and Israel Share Urban Warfare Insights
JNS.org - Representatives from 12 NATO countries recently visited Israel to take part in a first-of-its-kind conference on the challenges of urban warfare and combat...
Air Forces From Around the World Train in Israel’s ‘Intensive Playground’
JNS.org - At the Ovda Air Base in southern Israel, fighter jets from different countries line up on the desert runways, waiting for the signal from...
Latest Terror Tunnel Discovery Spotlights the ‘Real Proxy of Iran’ in Gaza
JNS.org - When it comes to terrorism emanating from the Gaza Strip, most public attention usually focuses on Hamas, the group that rules the coastal enclave....
Natural Disaster Drill Makes for Seemingly Unnatural Middle East Cooperation
JNS.org - When the words Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Jordan appear in the same sentence, the story usually involves security or diplomatic developments in...
The Islamic State in Egypt — and at Israel’s Doorstep
JNS.org - Over the last several months, Islamic State has seen its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria evaporate at the hands of a US-backed coalition. With...
Artificial Intelligence Shapes the IDF in Ways Never Imagined
JNS.org - In pop culture and science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a threat to humanity. But in the real world, AI's many...
Har Adar Terror Attack Is a Reminder of Israel’s Fragile, Dynamic Security Landscape
JNS.org - The recent terror attack that killed three Israelis in Har Adar is a reminder of the fragile security situation across Israel, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza. Most...
Building on ‘Strong’ Bond, US Opens First-Ever Permanent Military Base in Israel
JNS.org - Amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that the US-Israel alliance has “never been stronger,” the two countries recently made history by opening of...
