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July 2011

DR. MARTIN SHERMAN: THE DANGER TO ISRAEL FROM THOSE WHO MASQUERADE AS ITS CHAMPIONS

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=231506 The greatest danger to Israeli democracy emanates from those masquerading as its champions. A great hue and cry has erupted recently in the wake of a number of parliamentary initiatives undertaken by what is usually characterized – pejoratively – as the “right-wing.”The purpose of these initiatives was to place mildly onerous constraints on the […]

THE IDF’S NEW TOY: THE PINCHER A MINIROBOT THAT NEUTRALIZES IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES

Mini robot fires pencil-sized projectile to burn up, neutralize IEDs http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/08_03/mi.asp? TEL AVIV — A state-owned firm is developing a robot designed to neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs).Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has reached an advanced stage in the development of its Pincher anti-IED robot. Executives said Rafael was meant to neutralize IEDs from a safe […]