Battle-testing new weapons and defence “equipment” in Palestine are key aspects of the Israeli war machine.
The Israeli company Smartshooter is just one example.
Declassified UK details how the British army is now relying on them:
The British army’s main global response force is now equipped with new Israeli technology being used in Gaza.
The Air Assault Brigade, based in Colchester, has been training with high-tech weapons sights manufactured by Israeli arms firm, Smartshooter.
The brigade is held at high readiness to respond to crises, including warfighting, “anywhere in the world”, the army says.
Last month soldiers in the brigade shot down enemy drones in an exercise on Salisbury Plain using newly-acquired weapons sights from the Israeli firm.
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Journalist Antony Loewenstein has shown how Israel has routinely deployed new types of military equipment against Palestinians and then marketed and sold these around the world.
He told Declassified: “Smartshooter is just one of many Israeli companies testing equipment on occupied Palestinians. It’s a highly profitable business and the slaughter in Gaza isn’t slowing down the trade. If anything, it’s increasing due to many nations attracted to the Israeli model of subjugation and control.”