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Ya'alon: Army against army battles less relevant
Yoav Zitun
Published: 11.07.13, 13:50
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1. israel in good hands finally with yaalon
mohson   (07.11.13)
israel is adapting to asymmetric hezbollah warfare and missiles with drones, antimissile technology etc etc. its about time. hezbollah is the best fighting force the arabs have ever produced and their advantage is they are dug in with civilian cover. To sort them out , one has to use asymmetric means and not as that failure halutz said that idf had to go in man for man.Superman could not even take hezbollah positions with a direct assault unless you use asymmetric countermoves. Halutz is oblivious to this as is olmert who has no bloody idea on how to fight.
2. When push comes to shove , no matter how many buildings and
lildoobird ,   Jerusalem   (07.11.13)
strategic sights are put out of commission by high tech gadgets, it'll boil down to us against them , unless you unleash mass destruction. People will always be moved to fight for their well-being door to door street by street ideology against ideology.
3. A NEW AND CLEAR REALITY
DAVID ,   MONTREAL, CANADA   (07.11.13)
I do agree with you. #1
4. Yaalon
Albi ,   Ashkelon   (07.11.13)
It was really Yaalon's army which failed so tragically in Lebanon, not that air force guy's. Yaalon was the immediate chief of staff and the army was his doing--yes, and Mofaz's before him. And we depend on him? OY!!
5. A certain critical mass is required
Stephen in New York   (07.11.13)
"According to Ya'alon, future conflicts will be decided by technological superiority in the air, sea and land, with less heavy equipment" Sounds good, but let's keep in mind that wars are won on the ground and a certain critical mass is required. Just guessing, but I would think that a minimum of 1,200 Merkava 4s are necessary for war in the north.
6. Yaalon goes superdigital ?
Nora Tel Aviv   (07.11.13)
According to Yaalon preparing for the next war, his sodiers will sit inside war rooms pushing buttons to activate and direct unmanned war machines appearing in their screens. A real 21st century digital war. Yaalon should rebember that for every button a counter-button can be digitally realized A. Pandora`s box is open. Good luck.
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