7 High-Speed Development: From Missile Boats to Iron Dome

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Raising an Army under Fire 5
5. 2 How Scarcity Can Force Innovation 23
6. 3 A Youthful Officer Corps 29
7. 4 Innovation from Below 42
8. 5 A Reserve Army of Innovators 56
9. 6 A Different Military-Industrial Complex 62
10. 7 High-Speed Development: From Missile Boats to Iron Dome 69
11. 8 IDF Women as Innovators 91
12. 9 Military Doctrine and Innovation 96
13. 10 From Triumph to Failure in the Air, 1967 and 1973 105
14. 11 Airpower Restored with a Technological Leap 135
15. 12 Elite Units: The Mass Production of Military Excellence 153
16. 13 Military Entrepreneurs and Special Forces 172
17. 14 The Armored Corps: Discipline and Technological Improvisation 185
18. 15 Why the Merkava Is Different 198
19. 16 Units 8200 and 81 214
20. Conclusion 232
21. Notes 239
22. Acknowledgments 271
23. Index 273