{"id":68253,"date":"2019-04-05T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=68253"},"modified":"2019-03-27T08:24:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:24:36","slug":"13-00-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=68253","title":{"rendered":"Israel paving the way in the defense industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"*******\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"30%\" class=\"center alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/youtube.png\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SLGTdscnXCg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israel paving the way in the defense industry<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"10%\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/a-\/AAuE7mDwis6R9y6gWjT2QxYMLLn3ByzTwOLBGINZWA=s48-mo-c-c0xffffffff-rj-k-no\">i24NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\">\n<div class=\"content-alignment\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\" id=\"watch-description\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLGTdscnXCg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSTRICTLY SECURITY | Israel\u2019s defense industry was born out of the need to be as self-sufficient as possible during times of war. In order to be self-sufficient, Israeli firms have to be competitive on the global market, where export sales sustain the capabilities that provide for Israel\u2019s defense. In this evolving industry, one firm in particular is leading the way. Our Barbara Opall-Rome has the story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It\u2019s an industry built to sustain embargos, boycotts and wartime disruptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It&#8217;s an industry that launches satellites to space, detects tunnels underground<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">and defends citizens and soldiers against a full spectrum of threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It&#8217;s an industry that assures intelligence superiority and fortifies Israel\u2019s long arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It\u2019s also an industry that survives through export sales. For every 20 dollars of high-tech innovation aimed at Israel\u2019s defense, it must sell 80 dollars abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8216;We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions\u2026In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex,&#8217; former U.S. President Eisenhower once said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Relative to Israel\u2019s size, the industry here is vast. It consistently ranks among the world\u2019s top-tier arms suppliers and provides employment for tens of thousands here and around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yet aside from fringe opposition, Israel\u2019s military-industrial complex is not cause for the kind of concern voiced by Eisenhower nearly 60 years ago. Here, it\u2019s a badge of honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But unlike the many dozens of firms that support other world-leading industries, in Israel, this vast complex is controlled by just three companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And then there\u2019s Elbit<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Privately-owned and publicly traded, Elbit leverages innovation borne of borne of necessity to the mutual benefit of Israel\u2019s security establishment and its corporate shareholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">State-owned IAI and Rafael, like Elbit, have leading-edge technology, respectable backlogs, and portfolios that span air, sea, land and space domains. But they\u2019re not nearly as resilient or profitable as Elbit, which netted more than a billion shekels last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8216;Elbit is a private company, and when the chairman of Elbit decides something at night, in the morning it\u2019s done, while state-owned defense companies, there\u2019s such a process. They have to go to Knesset committees and get approvals for every small thing. That\u2019s why Elbit is years ahead,&#8217; vetaren Israeli defense industry analyst Arie Egozi explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Through a series of strategic acquisitions, including its most recent purchase of state-owned IMI, Elbit now controls 95 percent of Israel\u2019s non-government-owned market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Elbit is Israel\u2019s largest provider of unmanned aircraft; a field pioneered and long-dominated by IAI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With all but five percent of the non state-owned market now firmly under the Elbit umbrella, what\u2019s next? 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