Israel’s Security System: Little Strategic Depth but Profound Strategic Vision

... been expanding since the early 1970s, so that now Israel can manufacture domestic examples of state-of-the-art systems, from tanks and fighter jet modifications to precision smart weapons (microelectronics, anti-ship and air-to-air missiles, etc.). Israel exports some 75–80 per cent of its military output through the Ministry of Defence’s International Defence Cooperation Directorate (abbreviated to SIBAT). Another structure of the Ministry of Defence, the Procurement and Production Administration (abbreviated to MANHAR), coordinates weapons production and deliveries to the Israeli Defence Forces, as well as procurement of foreign-made equipment....