„Our upcoming laser system will change the Gaza front“ – In a first interview, IDF head of planning Brigadier General Eyal Harel explains what Israel’s future army will look like. | Globes

Brigadier General Eyal Harel is jealous. The head of the IDF General Staff Planning Division – the man responsible for executing the IDF’s long-term programs, in charge of military strategy for the country’s most highly funded organization – admits there are things that the IDF, even with its best and brightest, will never be able to achieve on its own. „If in the past the military and defense sector took the lead in technology, today civilian technology companies are the leaders. How much is Apple worth today, a trillion dollars?“, he asks.