The source of this "article" is Russia Today - KGB propaganda tool.
Here the reality:
Israel's Economic Growth Surged 6.2% Higher in Fourth Quarter
Unexpectedly strong figure, which nears Chinese growth rate, causes shekel to strengthen against the dollar.
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/1.772238
Don't mind that propaganda news media. Russia has nornal relations with Israel even historically(with vast amount of Jews that lived in Russia). I believe their propaganda channel often indulges in such actions when they have some pending issues with a country at a certain point in time. Just like they did with Turkey when they shot their fighter jet(you should have seen articles RT and Sputnik were writing about Turkey. Lol ). So it's nothing unexpected/serious. Russia still has a normal or at least neutral relations with Israel , remember they got even their drone tech from Israel.
Israel economy has been performing very well and is build on solid foundations( the most stable and democratic political system in the region, sound educational and technological sector, strong institutions, educated and skilled workforce, etc etc. So fortunately for Israel, it already got the basics right, something all other countries in the region are still struggling with.
It's because if this that you can see Dsraeli companies excelling around the world and competing with the very best the most advanced western countries have to offer.
Falklands' defense renewal with Israeli sophisticated equipment triggers controversy
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May 8th 2017 - 09:58 UTC
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Defense Secretary Michael Fallon in 2015 announced Britain will spend £280m over the next 10 years on renewing and beefing up its defenses of the Falkland Islands
Israel Rafael Defense Systems have won a contract to develop a battle management, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (BMC4I) network.
Missile builder MBDA led by British giant BAE and surveillance radar supplier Saab have been awarded contracts to integrate ground-based air-defense system elements into the BMC4I.
Britain has awarded £153 million (US$ 187 million) worth of contracts to equip the Falkland Islands with a new ground-based air-defense system known as Sky Sabre, the Ministry of Defense has confirmed, according to Defense News.
In 2015 Defense Secretary Michael Fallon announced Britain will spend £280m over the next 10 years on renewing and beefing up its defenses of the Falkland Islands. Among the updating was installing an enhanced communications system at the military headquarters at Mount Pleasant as well as putting in place plans to replace the Rapier air defense missiles when they go out of service towards the end of the decade.
The clutch of deals agreed around the turn of the year but only now becoming public includes award of a contract by the British to an Israeli company to supply a key battlefield command-and-control network to defend the Falklands.
The main contract award, which the MoD valued at £78 million (US$ 95 million), was signed in January with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, to develop a battle management, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (BMC4I) network.
Missile builder MBDA and surveillance radar supplier Saab have also been awarded contracts to integrate other, already ordered, ground-based air-defense system elements into the BMC4I.
An Israeli 'Ethan' drone, in the service of the Israeli Air Force
Rafael, with help from UK partners Babcock, will supply its Modular, Integrated C4I Air & Missile Defense System and associated equipment in a development and manufacture phase likely to be completed around 2020.
Babcock will provide a proportion of UK based activity including: synthetic based test and integration facilities, project management and hardware procurement.
The percentage of UK work content on BMC4I is put at 50% with the remainder coming from Israel.
The requirement is to deliver a ground-based air defense (GBAD) capability along with an initial support solution for up to 5 years. As part of the agreement, Rafael will serve as key systems integrator, including provision of communications links and integration with existing in-service communications infrastructure.
The Israeli’s secured the deal on the back of delivering the best technical solution for the best value for money, said an MoD official. Nevertheless, industry executives in Europe reacted angrily to the award of the BMC4I system to the Israeli contractor.
Doug Barrie, the senior air analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank in London said he was puzzled by the decision.
“At least on paper this looks like a sensitive area to award to a non-NATO or non-European partner. I’d have thought the government might have wanted to stay closer to home with this technology, as it arguably comes into the territory of sovereign operational capability,” said Barrie.
http://en.mercopress.com/2017/03/08...-sophisticated-equipment-triggers-controversy
Shows the level of confidence and confidence the world has on Israeli products. So Muslim countries should learn from Israel(I know its not easy given the enmity they have against them, but you can hate a country but still learn from their example /positives. Nothing controversial in that.
Defense Secretary Michael Fallon in 2015 announced Britain will spend £280m over the next 10 years on renewing and beefing up its defenses of the Falkland Islands
Israel Rafael Defense Systems have won a contract to develop a battle management, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (BMC4I) network.
Missile builder MBDA led by British giant BAE and surveillance radar supplier Saab have been awarded contracts to integrate ground-based air-defense system elements into the BMC4I.
