Country ORBAT
Israel
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17 platform lines · 14 mapped sites · 17 deployable units
Personnel & posture
- Active personnel
- 170k
- Reserve / mobilization pool
- 465k
- Mobilization window
- ~2 days to full field army
Order of battle
Air & missile defense
- Iron Dome batteries10 – 15
- David's Sling4 – 6
- Arrow-33 – 5
- Iron Dome10 – 15
Rocket defense
- Arrow-2/36 – 8
Exoatmospheric BMD
Air force
- F-35I Adir36 – 50
- F-16I / F-15I120 – 150
Unmanned systems
- Hermes / Heron ISR-strike80 – 120
- Harop loitering munitions200 – 400
- Hermes / Eitan100 – 200
Combat & ISR
Ground forces
- Armored brigades6 – 9
- Artillery corps20 – 30
IAF
- F-35I Adir36 – 50
Fifth-generation
- F-16I100 – 110
Precision strike
- F-15I25 – 30
Long-range
Ground forces
- Merkava IV360 – 400
Main battle tank
Deterrent
- Jericho IRBM50 – 90
Unacknowledged
Bases & infrastructure (14)
Kirya (Tel Aviv MOD)
hubNational command
Port of Haifa
portNaval & trade hub
naval
Ramat David Air Base
airportNorthern air wing
air
Northern Command (Golan)
military baseNorthern border defense
army
Port of Eilat
portRed Sea access
trade
Palmachim Air Base
airportSouthern air & space
air
Rafael defense complex (Haifa)
factoryMissiles & air defense
missiles
Palmachim Air Base
airportJericho & satellite launch — strategic missiles.
missiles
Haifa naval base
portMediterranean fleet.
naval
Tel Nof Air Base
airportF-35I Adir squadron.
air
Negev nuclear research (Dimona area)
researchUnacknowledged deterrent program.
nuclear
IAI systems (Lod)
factoryArrow, drones, satellites.
air
Rafael advanced systems
factoryIron Dome, Spike, EW.
missiles
Gaza envelope command
military baseIron Dome & ground ops sector.
air_defense
Deployable units (17)
- IDF General Staff (Kirya, Tel Aviv)hq
- 36th Division (Golan sector)armor
- 162nd Armored Divisionarmor
- Palmachim Airbaseair
- Haifa Naval Basenavy
- Arrow / David's Sling complexsam
- 35th Paratroopers Brigadearmy
- IAF UAV Squadron (Nevatim)drone
- Gaza Division HQ (Re'im)army
- Tel Hashomer logistics basefacility
- F-35I Adir squadronair · Stealth strike
- F-16I Sufa wingair · Long-range precision
- Arrow-3 exoatmospheric batterysam · BMD tier
- Iron Dome battery networksam · Rocket intercept
- David's Sling batterysam · Medium-range SAM
- Merkava IV tank brigadearmor · Heavy armor
- Hermes 900 / 450 UAV wingdrone · ISR & strike
Theater glossary
- IAF
- Israeli Air Force — regional precision strike leader.
- Iron Dome
- Short-range rocket intercept — Gaza/Lebanon wars.
- Arrow
- Exoatmospheric missile defense with US cooperation.
- Qualitative edge
- Technology over mass — cyber & EW focus.
- Chokepoint
- Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.
- Rare earth
- Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.
- SPR
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.
- TSMC
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.
- Hormuz
- Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.
- Malacca
- Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- Suwałki corridor
- Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.
- Cobalt belt
- DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.
- Lithium triangle
- Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.
- Grain corridor
- Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.
- Red Sea corridor
- Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.
- Taiwan Strait lane
- Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.
- Black Sea grain lane
- Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.
- Horn access lane
- Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.