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    Air-Force Israeli AF Receives First-of-its-kind F-35I Jet to Test Indigenous Weapons, Electronics

    The Israeli Air Force (IAF) received its first test F-35I aircraft, custom-built for Israel, which gives the IAF an opportunity to install its own electronic warfare, communications and weapons systems. The test aircraft, designated as F-35I, arrived at the IAF Flight Testing Center (FTC) at...
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    Israel to begin clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine

    Israel to begin clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine Testing of BriLife vaccine developed at Israel Institute for Biological Research begins at Hadassah and Sheba medical centers on healthy volunteers...
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    UAE commercial flight enters Israeli airspace for the first time

    Thanks to Israel-Jordan deal to open more flight paths over both countries and signing of Abraham Accords, travel time of Etihad Airways flight from Italy to UAE shortened by 90 minutes For the first time ever, a commercial flight of an Emirati company entered Israeli airspace on Wednesday An...
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    IDF heavy armor vehicles

    1. Centurion tank based vehicles Nagmashot (1984) Heavy armor personnel carrier converted from Centurion tank. Since it lacked rear hatch it did not suit the infantry well and was transferred to engineer units. Armor protection was also not sufficient. Nagmahon (1987) Modified Nagmashot...
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    Historical History of submarines

    Cornelius Drebbel submarine (1620), UK Crew - 12 rowers + 3 passengers. The first moving submarine, moved by 6 pairs of oars. It sailed in Thames river. Probably only semi submerged. Turtle (1775) of David Bushnell, USA Displacement - ~1 ton. Length - 1.8 m Crew - 1 man The first...
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    Exoatmospheric interceptor history

    1st generation. Radio command guidance with nuclear warhead. First long range SAM in the world was US two stage MIM-14 Nike Hercules which entered service in 1958. Computer modulation showed that with nuclear warhead it could be used against ballistic missiles as well. In 1960 happened first...
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    Israel Israeli Navy

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    Priorities in tank designs

    Mark I (1916) - UK The first tank. Renault FT-17 (1917) - France First tank with rotating turret and classic configuration. Vickers Medium Mark I (1924) - UK First tank with three men...
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    Israel How IAF avoids Syrian air defence

    Syria has modern multilayer air defence. The biggest danger posses S-300PMU2 battery near Masyaf with range 250 km (at high altitude - yellow circle) and 18 Buk-2M mobile with range 50 km (red circles). Russian S-400 batteries provide intelligence to Syrian SAMs and can also fire under some...
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    Aircraft cockpits

    F-14A: F-14D: F-15A: F-15C: F-15D: F-15E front: F-15E front: F-15E front: F-15E rear: F-15E rear:
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    USA F-35 Lightning II

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