During the visit, Minister Katz toured the development and production facilities of the advanced defense systems company, and warned: 'Should our enemies raise their hand against the State of Israel ever again, I promise that that hand will be severed'
Israel National News: Minister of Defense Israel Katz visited Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., together with company chairman, Dr. Yuval Steinitz, CEO, Yoav Turgeman, deputy director general of the Ministry of Defense, Itamar Graf, head of the Planning and Force Build-up Directorate, Maj. Gen. Eyal Harel, and other senior officials.
During the visit, Minister Katz toured the development and production facilities of the advanced defense systems company, met with the company's management and engineers, and heard a professional and comprehensive overview of the company's activities and its plans for the future.
During the visit, he discussed Rafael's vital contribution to Israel's security through the development of groundbreaking technological weapons, with an emphasis on the development of advanced defense systems, such as the Iron Dome and David's Sling, which over the past eighteen months have protected Israel's citizens from many multi-arena threats, and the "Magen Or" (Iron Beam) laser system, which will be provided to the defense establishment later this year.