“I told Gantz that the military is prioritizing all kinds of gadgets and technologies and things that seem sexy, but in the end it undermines preparedness,” Avivi said. “The army has really neglected these things, sometimes to a criminal extent, and that’s why we have had shortages. When you suddenly activate the entire army, you discover the extent of the problem.”
It’s amazing how common this is for every Western military, going on decades.
They always seem to assume success, and then spend their time and resources on secondary issues like whiz-bang technology, and skimp on the basics.
The only time it seems to change is when they are facing imminent defeat, like the UK after Dunkirk.
Then, at least for a while, the BS stopped and actually performed at peak. But as soon as the German invasion threat had passed, they went back to business as usual.
One would have thought that the Israel Military would see themselves in a more precarious state, and be less prone to do this stuff, but I guess not.
Gantz is to Netanyahu what Milley was to Trmp -