[93277] Anger in the defense establishment: Severe dispute with Rafael over the solution to the fiber-optic drone threat

Tension between the defense establishment and Rafael over technological developments

A storm in the defense establishment following the statement by the CEO of Rafael regarding finding a technological solution to the fiber-optic drone threat. Yossi Yehoshua - Army and Security Updates, who closely follows military and security affairs and tends to emphasize the criticism of the professional echelon, reports that senior officials in the defense establishment reject the CEO's words and claim that "there is currently no solution".

According to the report, defense officials are furious at what they call a "misrepresentation," as if the response to the threat is ready and only funding is missing to implement it. The criticism is directed at Rafael, with the claim that it is repeating a controversial pattern of behavior: "Rafael is repeating the exact same mistake it made when it created a level of expectations for the laser system that was detached from reality," stated the official quoted in Yossi Yehoshua - Army and Security Updates.

The defense establishment expresses grave concern over the implications of these statements for the public, and in particular for the families of the fighters and reservists operating on the northern front. The main argument is that creating a false sense of security in the public, while the threat on the ground remains, causes damage to trust in the system.

News in Real Time on Telegram - Israel's largest news group, which serves as a central distribution platform for real-time news, echoed the full report by Yossi Yehoshua without adding reservations, thereby contributing to increased exposure of the dispute between the defense industries and the professional echelon in the IDF and the Ministry of Defense.