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From 2013, American policymakers argued that armed UAVs (“drones”), along with Special Operations, could destroy al-Qaeda’s leadership and effectively end the war on terrorism.57

Following the 1967 Six Day War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) analyzed the performance of their main battle rifle, the Fusil Automatique Léger (FAL) and found it wanting. It did not perform well in the dusty desert environment in which the IDF primarily fought. Examination and testing of Egyptian and Syrian AK-47s and AKMs recovered by the IDF f

IMI began manufacturing the Galil ARM at its factory in Ramat ha-Sharon in 1971, and the IDF began deploying the new rifle to its troops in 1972. IMI subsequently licensed the Galil assault rifle to be produced in South Africa (1982), Columbia and Italy (later in the 1980s), Croatia (1995), Ukraine (2008), and Chile and Vietnam (2014). Several US c