[factsarelolz]

I find it interesting that such a small country and population can create the most devastating Offensive Kinetic and Cyber weapons… Is this due to conscription and the revolving door with the Military/Civilian sectors? There have been multiple Cyber Security Companies “created” by ex-military personnel. Any insight / conversation on the topic is welcome.

[natch]

I’d guess it’s due to the nature of the unrelenting violent opposition they face. Necessity is the mother of invention.

And to be fair (making both sides equally pissed off here), from the Palestinian perspective, the violent opposition is seen to be necessitated by the violent oppression and other injustices.

But for Israel it’s not just about their internal opposition. They are surrounded by enemies near and far interested in their violent demise. So of course they are highly motivated to develop effective weapons.

[factsarelolz]

> I’d guess it’s due to the nature of the unrelenting violent opposition they face. Necessity is the mother of invention.

It would be one thing if these types of weapons were used for defense versus offense. Then selling off that offensive weapon to fund more offensive weapons. These weapons that were created as you said to combat violent opposition, enables Nation States and Authoritarian Regimes to target journalists and whistleblowers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

[johanneskanybal]

Their history, their location, while being an advanced country. It only makes sense it's top of mind and taken seriously where it's not really in many other parts of the known world. Feels like the few Israeli programmers and engineers I've met all have some story of that one time they worked on a military project while it's pretty uncommon in general.