DISRAELI GEARS!

Israeli high tech is becoming legendary. Israel’s Altair Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, single-mode LTE chipsets, announced that its FourGee-3800/6300 Category 4 chipset has successfully achieved Verizon Wireless chipset certification. The certification means that Altair’s customers can get their products to the market faster by integrating the chipset into their devices, reducing the amount of testing required pre-launch. Altair Semiconductor produces high-performance, single-mode LTE chipsets. The company boasts that by focusing 100% on LTE solutions, Altair enables the introduction of competitively priced connected devices to the market. The company’s chips have been qualified by the world’s top LTE carriers. More than 30 original design manufacturers around the world have selected Altair to connect more than 80 end-user devices such as tablets, netbooks, USB dongles, portable hotspots, fixed routers and modems, and M2M applications.

Then there's David’s Sling. Israel's intercept short-range to medium-range rockets and missiles, which can deal with all contingencies, including Iran's Islamo-fascist goons Hezbollah’s Katyusha rockets. David's Sling range of coverage at present is three times that of the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system. The system will be deployed in various areas around Israel for a trial period, the IDF added. After that, David’s Sling will also be set up to intercept hostile aircraft and missiles with longer ranges. Eventually, it should be able to intercept incoming cruise missiles as well. St.-Sgt. Maj. Yishai Rosenberg, head of the David’s Sling branch at the air force’s Equipment Squadron, said the most important aspect of David’s Sling is its integration into the existing layers of air defenses.
This is all good news, but the old adage: "The best method of defense is attack" is still probably Israel's first weapon of choice; and it certainly did the biz for them in the June of '67!