THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE - HEMED: THE ISRAELI SCIENCE CORPS Uriel Bachrach Copyright © 2016

We were asked to design a fuse that would initiate an explosion when the ship was on the high sea far from port.

Uzi Sharon was a pioneer in the development of a propelled weapon. As early as 1947, he was asked to design a torpedo to damage British destroyers that were taking part in expelling “illegal” Jewish immigrants.”

HEMED scientists designed helmets with infrared lamps, which Ben-Nun and his associate wore. The rescue team could detect the light and select them from the swimming Egyptian sailors. This is an excellent example that demonstrates that when HEMED was asked to solve a critical problem, it found a creative solution.

An Egyptian battleship, The King Farouk, anchored near Gaza, and the Israeli Navy planned to attack it with a torpedo. Yohai Ben-Nun (who in the 1960s became commander of Israel’s naval forces as a rear admiral) volunteered to fire the torpedo. He was certain that the Egyptian vessel would be hit and that its sailors would jump overboard. If this

Galilee and gave them to a sniper, who succeeded in repelling enemy soldiers from a fortified position. I was impressed by these preliminary tests and suggested that tear gas bullets could also be used as an anti-tank weapon. On the night of June 29–30, 1948, British soldiers left Palestine via Haifa. Several of them defected and brought with them

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Another problem faced the Israeli Navy. An Egyptian ship loaded with weapons was supposed to sail from Italy to Egypt. Israeli intelligence planned to destroy the ship by attaching a magnetic limpet mine to its bottom.

There is no doubt that the development of armaments has been and continues to be of great importance for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Guns, rifles, and hand grenades are developed to protect soldiers in the battlefield. Tanks are used to assist the infantry in combat. Battleships and submarines are designed to defend and attack at sea. Planes