Ep. 21 – "Tunnel Warfare, Robots, and the Future Battlefield" with IDF Brig. Gen. Nechemya Sokal

Modern War Institute

John Amble

Government, News

4.7 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Brig. Gen. Nechemya Sokal, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces’ Technology and Logistics Branch, discusses battlefield challenges the IDF has confronted, the solutions put in place, and how those solutions came to fruition. We talk tunnel warfare, autonomous systems, and the future of war.

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0:00.0	Welcome podcast listeners. I'm Captain Jake Moraldi. Today on the Modern War Institute podcast, we'll be talking to Brigadier General Nehemiah Sokol of the Israeli Defense Force.
0:08.9	Brigadier General Socal is the chief of staff of the logistics and technology division of the Israeli Defense Force.
0:15.0	And his current responsibilities include dealing with the tunnel problem emanating from Gaza, as well as autonomous and unmanned system
0:22.8	development and implementation. As always, the opinions expressed in this podcast are those
0:27.6	who are respected participants. I do not constitute the position in the United States government.
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1:01.0	I appreciate you taking the time to come talk to us.
1:04.4	As chief of staff of the technology and logistics branch of the Israeli Defense Force, you have a really wide array of duties.
1:13.3	Can you talk to me about what your primary responsibilities are in that role?
1:17.0	First of all, I'm in charge for the logistics support for all the forces at the IDF, the Navy, the Air Force, the Intelligence, the Ground Forces,
1:27.1	regarding supply, maintenance, the Air Force, the intelligence, the ground forces, regarding supply, maintenance,
1:29.3	transportation, construction, medical care, all of these elements of support we call logistics
1:40.3	at the IDF. The second role or thing I'm in charge of is being a joint staff
1:49.1	coordinator for the logistic support for all the forces. The third one, I'm in charge
1:56.2	for all the technologies regarding the ground forces and the generic ones that serves all the forces,
2:06.2	excluding airplanes and ships that are dealt by the Air Force and Navy.
2:12.2	Sure. So one of your major focuses in your role is the tunnel problem that emanates from Gaza.
2:19.3	Can you discuss some of the challenges associated with that and some of the background
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