{"id":11023,"date":"2026-03-09T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/11023\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:12:12","slug":"israel-ramps-up-wartime-airlift-with-1000-tons-of-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/11023\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel ramps up wartime airlift with 1,000 tons of weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Israel enters the second week of Operation Roaring Lion,<\/a> the Ministry of Defense announced a series of major developments for the country\u2019s accelerated efforts to strengthen its military capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Monday the IMoD said that approximately 50 cargo aircraft carrying over 1,000 tons of weaponry, military equipment, and various types of munitions have landed in Israel over the past ten days and have been transferred to the IDF.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a large-scale shipping operation, conducted under fire and in parallel with the advancement of Operation Roaring Lion and preparations for the next phases of the campaign,\u201d the IMoD said, adding that the airlift is expected to scale up in the coming period.<\/p>\n

The airlift is led by the IMoD Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD), through its International Shipping Division, the IMoD Mission to US and Germany, and the IDF\u2019s Planning Directorate. The Israel Airports Authority and the Israel Civil Aviation Authority are also partners in the operation.<\/p>\n

\"TonsTons of military equipment have landed in Israel since Operation Roaring Lion began (credit: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE)Space producing groundbreaking combat acheivements<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week IMoD Director General, Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram visited a space facility jointly operated by IAI – Israel Aerospace Industries, the Ministry\u2019s Directorate of Defense Research and Development – DDR&D (MAFAT), and the IDF.<\/p>\n

He was joined by IAI CEO Boaz Levy, the Head of the DDR&D\u2019s Space Directorate Avi Berger, and other senior defense establishment officials.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

According to a statement by the MoD, Baram visited an operational ground station serving a number of the defense establishment\u2019s satellites, reviewed real-time operational satellite imagery from the fighting in Iran, and discussed the latest developments in the space domain and their direct contribution to IDF strikes in the current campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael\u2019s space capabilities are producing groundbreaking combat achievements in intelligence for warfare and operations, target generation, and rapid operational cycles. Behind them stands a unique ecosystem of industry and DDR&D engineers working alongside the Unit 9900, the C4I and Cyber Directorate, and the Israel Air Force,\u201d Baram said. \u201cThis partnership enables rapid learning and real-time implementation of technological developments, granting Israel superpower capabilities. Space is a first-order strategic national priority. We will continue to advance the buildup of space power by every means possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s space capabilities play a key role in the Jewish state\u2019s strategic military capabilities.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a> with Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post in December, Berger said that Israel had been developing new space\u2011based capabilities designed to give the country an edge in the next war with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew right away that we had to build and create new surprises for the next war,\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever was deployed in June won\u2019t be enough next time. The IDF now has new capabilities \u2013 and we can\u2019t forget that the enemy will be different next time around, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week Baram also held a security situational assessment with the CEOs of Israel’s major defense industries and senior Ministry officials.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, Baram presented the industry leaders with an operational situational report along with the \u201crequired procurement and force build-up plans.\u201d Baram also told the heads of the major defense industries to increase the production rate of \u201cessential offensive and defense\u201d systems as part of the preparations of continued IDF and Israel Air Force\u2019s operational missions across multiple fronts.<\/p>\n

While the IMoD statement did not say which platforms were discussed, the majority of Israel\u2019s air weaponry are produced by the country\u2019s three main defense companies- Tomer, Elbit Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries-IAI.<\/p>\n

A report by Calcalist said that the weapons discussed included air-to-ground bombs, glide bombs, advanced air-to-ground missiles, and interceptors for air-defense systems such as IAI\u2019s Arrow 3 and Barak MX, as well as Rafael\u2019s David\u2019s Sling.<\/p>\n

On Monday Baram visited Elbit and discussed “scaling up production rates” for defense requirements in support of the ongoing campaign in Iran and the potential for its expansion to additional fronts.<\/p>\n

According to the Defense Ministry statement, Baram toured aerial munitions production lines that had increased productivity over the past year after learning lessons from over two years of war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe central focus of the Ministry of Defense, per the Minister of Defense\u2019s directive, is aerial munitions. Months of preparation and early readiness have enabled the IDF to operate with virtually no constraints in Iran and Lebanon. At the same time, we are now working to replenish all munitions expended in order to be prepared for any scenario. The decisions we made to expand and accelerate production lines in Israel before the operation will now allow us to take production rates to the next level,\u201d Baram was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

The visit was also attended by IMOD Deputy Director General and Head of the Planning Department, Itamar Graff; Deputy Director General and Head of the Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD), Ze\u2019ev Landau; General Manager of Elbit Systems Land, Yehuda (Udi) Vered; and additional senior officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Israel enters the second week of Operation Roaring Lion, the Ministry of Defense announced a series of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6310,2384,6312,6311,37,212,92,6313,6314],"class_list":{"0":"post-11023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-defense-ministry","9":"tag-defense-tech","10":"tag-elbit","11":"tag-iai","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-operation-epic-fury","14":"tag-operation-roaring-lion","15":"tag-rafael-advanced-defense-systems","16":"tag-space-program"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}