The battlefields of Israel’s militarism and occupation have proved effective testing grounds for new types of weaponry. Israel’s market leaders in drone technology are Elbit, a private Israeli company based in Haifa.
Israeli Army Brigadier General Roei Elkabetz told a conference in New Mexico, “We have learned lots from Gaza. It’s a great laboratory”. Britain sold sniper rifle parts to Israel while it mowed down peaceful demonstrators in the 2018-19 Great March of Return.