Iron Beam

How is drone warfare changing rapidly? An IDF interceptor explains what's next

With Russia logging over 100,000 drone strikes in a single year and the IDF going from one drone per unit to one or two per squad, Cukierman says this is the defining weapons story of our era.

  Iron Beam, Iron Beam M, and Lite Beam
Israel from space 1

Space is becoming the next battlefield, Iranian UN envoy warns of arms race - report

The Defense Ministry conducted a joint drill in which the Iron Beam laser defense and the Iron Dome interceptor-based defense systems were used together to combat a multi-threat scenario. June 29, 2026.

Iron Beam, Iron Dome combine forces in Defense Ministry drill

Flags flutter in front of a radom of the "Arrow Weapon System for Germany" pictured in Annaburg, Germany, December 3, 2025.

Mysterious drone over Germany’s Arrow 3 battery may open door for Rafael, Elbit laser deal


Voices from the Arab press: Sudan enters a dark tunnel

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 GATHERING AT the station to flee clashes in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, April 19.

Iran testing drones on Ukrainian civilians for future use on Israel -Ukraine

"Today hundreds of Iranian drones are undergoing 'test runs' on our land, killing civilians," said the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

A drone is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 25, 2022.

US President Biden holds security briefing, tours missile defense system

Biden was shown the remains of a UAV that had been intercepted by the Iron Beam laser defense system.

 Defense Minister Benny Gantz shows US President Joe Biden a part of a UAV that was intercepted by the Iron Beam laser defense system

Israel security officials had over 150 meetings in Abraham Accord states

Ahead of Biden's visit to the Middle East, the defense establishment warns to keep realistic expectations of additional normalization agreements 

 Commander of the Kingdom’s Air Force Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed al-Alawi alongside Israel Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin.

Laser air defenses will 'bankrupt' enemies firing rockets - Bennett

“The system knows how to down mortar shells, unmanned vehicles and rockets," Bennett said of the new laser defense system.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Magen Or platform

Gantz approves budget for laser interception system

The Defense Ministry “has achieved a technological breakthrough in the development of the ‘Iron Beam’ high-power laser system.”

Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved the budget for laser defense.

Rafael CEO says laser solution to mortars coming in next year or two

Yedidya Yaari also said that there is work in process on finding an answer to the infiltration tunnels deployed by Hamas.

IDF discovers 150 mortars in Gaza

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