The Arms Business Is Big Business In Israel

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern city of Ashdod November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Factory and Lab: Israel's War Business -- Markus Becker, Spiegel Online

Israel invests more money in research than most other countries -- and in no other place are research institutes, the defense industry, the army and politics as interwoven. The result is a high-tech weapons factory that successfully exports its goods globally.

There's not much left of the high-tech car. In a warehouse about the size of an aircraft hangar, its remains look tiny. There are no wheels, no chassis, just the angular body of the car. And it's not in good shape at all. There's a gaping hole in its side with edges of lacerated metal. "Rocket-propelled grenade," says Yoav Hirsh, smiling. Had a person been inside, he or she would likely not have survived the blast. But there was no one behind the wheel: The Guardium is a fully automated vehicle.

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My Comment: Not everyone is looking at Israel's arms industry in a positive light .... Israel's booming secretive arms trade (Al Jaazera).