Weekly Commentary: Israel Needs Crash Program To Defend Against Stealth
Platforms
Dr. Aaron Lerner 20 November 2025

With China, Russia and the Turks all planning to supply stealth platforms to
our region, Israel needs a crash program to defend against this technology.

President Trump's announcement of plans to sell F-35's to the Saudis simply
offers an opportunity for the issue to reach towards to the top of the high
stack of challenges our decision makers must contend with.

We already have many of the tools for a comprehensive stealth detection
system and the sophisticated military industry needed to complete the puzzle
in-house.

I emphasize "in-house" because we cannot risk including critical foreign
made parts in the system.

Ideally our crash program might be a two-track program: one based on
conventional solutions with certain success and the other pursuing a
promising exotic approach which, if successful, promises significant
advantages over conventional systems.

The above applies to detecting stealth platforms, neutralizing what the
platforms launch and intercepting the platforms themselves.

This is anything but a cheap overnight program.

But the question isn't if Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and basically everyone
else in the region is going to ultimately have stealth platforms. It is
when.

It is critical that we implement an in-house crash program to address this
challenge before it is too late.
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