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FROM COASTAL DEFENCE TO STRATEGIC REACH: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ISRAELI NAVY, 2011-26

Indian Naval Despatch: Volume 6. No. 3 | by Divya Malhotra

FROM COASTAL DEFENCE TO STRATEGIC REACH: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ISRAELI NAVY, 2011-26
Published Date: August 2026 | 25 min read | 7 Views
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Author's Note: The author conducted an online interview with Dr Ehud Gonen on 22 June 2026. Dr Gonen is an Israeli maritime affairs expert and a Senior Research Fellow at the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center (MPS), Haifa, Israel. He also served as the Israel Trade Commissioner (Commercial Attaché) to Singapore from 2000 to 2004. Insights from the interview have been incorporated into this article where appro…

ation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury respectively against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure. This essay examines the Israeli Navy’s contribution to that campaign as the clearest evidence of a wider transformation: from a force built around exclusive economic zone defence into a strategic actor in its own

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