Israeli Naval Power: An Essential Factor in the Operational Battlefield

dc.creator	Zeev Almog
dc.date	2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:34Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:34Z
dc.identifier	2307-793X
dc.identifier	2307-8634
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b087d0b851bb4d2bb6baeba926c0a9e3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8317
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/b087d0b851bb4d2bb6baeba926c0a9e3
dc.description	Although the State of Israel has always been threatened from the sea, preparing for the threat was not an important priority for the state’s leaders, as reﬂected by the resources that were allocated to the navy. However, once long range missiles appeared in the naval arena (in the 1960s), it became clear that the navy’s vessels and the air force’s planes were not capable of coping with this challenge. In light of the current upheaval in the Arab world, these fears are far from illusory. Even countries belonging to the “third circle” such as Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Iran, and Yemen could attack Israeli shipping, since they have the capability to reach the maritime area off of Israel’s coasts without great difﬁculty and to ﬁre weapons from afar. Under the cover of large distances from Israel, they can support maritime terrorist cells operating against Israel and send weapons shipments, as some, including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Iran, have indeed done. It was not possible, and this is still true today, to act effectively against this entire range of threats through the IDF’s ground and air forces, and therefore, the navy, which underwent a major buildup beginning in the late 1970s, was required to provide a suitable professional and operational answer to these signiﬁcant new threats.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Institute for National Security Studies
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dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-793X
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-8634
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Military and Strategic Affairs, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 29-43 (2011)
dc.subject	maritime space
dc.subject	Israeli Navy
dc.subject	navy
dc.subject	warfare
dc.subject	naval battlefield
dc.subject	Israel
dc.subject	Shayetet 13
dc.subject	Egypt
dc.subject	Operation Peace for the Galilee
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Israeli Naval Power: An Essential Factor in the Operational Battlefield
dc.type	Article