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Israel's Secret Weapons Race Restarts
(Calcalist) Yuval Azulay - The ceasefire has launched Israel and Iran into an accelerated arms race, as both countries prepare for the next round of conflict. Israel's defense establishment will seek to develop new capabilities to maintain Israel's technological and qualitative edge over Iran. Israel urgently needs to replenish its stocks of interceptors, missiles, and bombs, while also developing advanced generations of weapons to address future threats. Israel's defense industries are sitting on a massive backlog of orders from both domestic and international buyers. Following the war with Iran, Israel's defense companies secured another wave of orders from the Defense Ministry. Meanwhile, NATO's decision at its recent summit to double member states' defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 - driven by fears of a Russian invasion - opens vast new opportunities for Israeli companies in the arms market. Operational success in Lebanon and Iran, and the real-world battlefield testing against Hamas, have only burnished the global reputation of Israel's weapons, even among European countries that often harshly criticize Israel's Gaza operations.