The IDF continues to prepare for any kind of threat.
The Iranian threat is a great threat that the IDF deals with in different
levels and challenges; beginning from the Iranian
nuclear threat to regional expansion that Iran continuously tried
to entrench in the whole Middle East, not only by sending its forces
but also by sending information, knowledge, to its proxies whether it
be Yemen, whether it be in the Palestinian arena, especially
with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or mostly with Hezbollah in Lebanon
where they continuously spend more money and more knowledge on
building that force aimed at Israel.
We are engaged today in the most advanced and largescale international
exercise that Israel ever hosted. During the exercise, we fly alongside
Air Forces from the United States, Germany, Britain, Italy, France,
Greece and India As part of this exercise, we drill and practice
for scenarios that include threats from the surface,
threats from the air, and contending with wide-scale objectives with the
maneuver’s emphasis being interoperability between advanced
fifth generation aircraft and planes from prior (older) generations.
The greatest challenge is that of combining different states,
cultures and flight doctrines and we are, with joint efforts,
including significant preparatory work and during the exercise itself,
manage to learn and teach, to advance together
with our partners from the separate countries.
The exercise is very complex from a tactical level, from logistics
and challenged by the (different) languages, but it has very significant
strategic value and I believe that interoperability and cooperation
between states and partners serves as a significant contributor to
the national power and strength of the state of Israel.