Israel Aerospace Industries Chairman Admits: This Is the Real Reason We Missed the Drone Threat

Boaz Levi, Chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries, admits that Israel began addressing the drone threat too late due to budgetary constraints and priority gaps. In an extensive interview, he describes the future battlefield: more satellites, AI, robots, and missiles, fewer boundaries between front and home front, and warns that future wars will take place in cities and require full integration of all systems.

Boaz Levi, Chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries, admits in an interview with Maariv that Israel began addressing the drone threat "a bit later than perhaps it should have," due to budgetary constraints and priority gaps. According to him, the first stage in dealing with the threat is detecting the drone, where Israel provides a perfect solution. After that, interception is required through a combination of kinetic, electronic, and laser means. Levi describes the future battlefield as one based on satellites, artificial intelligence, robots, and missiles, and warns that future wars will take place within cities, with no clear front line. He emphasizes the need for full integration of all systems—military, rescue forces, hospitals, and banks—on the same information network. Levi notes that Israel launched three satellites within a year during the war, and that a plan to deploy many more small satellites has received government approval. He calls for increased budgets to ensure a future response.