Pilots, sabotage specialists and infantry fighters: the new unit that will change the future battlefield

As part of Kochavi's chief of staff's concept, the IDF began recruiting for the multidimensional unit, which combines existing teams from commando units, experts in the digital, communications and cyber worlds and fighters from a sting unit. The purpose of the unit is to find targets quickly and hit them exactly as well as to help develop new fighting methods

Pilots, sabotage specialists and infantry fighters: the new unit that will change the future battlefield

The IDF began on Wednesday in recruiting for the secret unit at this stage is called: The Multidimensional Unit. Existing teams from Cherry Unit, Gdzar Golani, Nahal Patrol, IDF Unit, Digital World, ICT and Cyber ​​Fighters, Sting Fighters and Pilots A battle will be integrated into the unit, which is set to breakthrough and lead to innovation for the entire IDF in the modern battlefield. The aim of the unit is to locate the enemy targets quickly, to hit them quickly and with great accuracy.

Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi emphasized the importance he attributes to the changing of the entire IDF in the light of the challenges, threats and the future battlefield when he took office in January 2019. The purpose of the change in his view should be to create a large gap on the enemy that will lead to a clear victory, based on three variables: great achievement, short combat time and a low price on the Israeli side.

According to the line of thinking and in the multi-year plan, this is an impetus that has not yet received the approval of the political echelon and the Ministry of Finance because of the political problems in Israel. Kochavi announced at the headquarters of ten flywheels, one of which includes the establishment of the secret unit: the multidimensional unit. A unit that constitutes the essence of Kochavi's thoughts on the future battlefield, the change it requires from the IDF command staff and the goals it set below the general to achieve its objectives.

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Lieutenant Colonel G was appointed a few months ago to the unit's first headquarters, and then commanded by ground, air, intelligence, and communications forces. Today, actual factions began recruiting entire teams of fighters from the Paratroopers Brigade, Commandos (emphasis on cherry unit), Geddes. R. Golani, Nahal Patrol, armor, IDF unit, sting and Air Force officers, including fighter pilots. No naval forces were integrated at this time.

In Kochavi's view, the unit will develop groundbreaking perceptions and methods, will be a technological locomotive for the most advanced weapons and systems, some of which will be developed specifically for the unit in various fields. The chief of staff also stated that he wanted to see the unit more integrated into the network, to allow fighters and commanders to connect to all arms such as intelligence, air and fire.

Imagine a scenario where a fighter jet operates on the same network with a tank, unmanned aerial vehicles, crew commander and hovercraft. Everyone should see the same snapshot, and the effective and available force of all will attack the enemy quickly and with maximum accuracy. To this end, the unit will work jointly with the General Staff Unit, the Digital Transformation Director, under Brigadier General Brigadier General Ziv Avtalion (dealing with digital transformation in the IDF and strengthening these capabilities between the arms of the future battlefield) and a forwarding division under Brigadier General Eran Niv, who deals with Of the field of innovation in the IDF.

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There is currently no such unit in the IDF, which includes a variety of forces, and most of their capabilities are classified as highly secretive. For the purpose of developing and building the unit, it was decided to deploy it in Division 98 with direct subordination to Brigadier General Brigadier Yaron Finkelman (formerly Givati ​​Brigade Commander and Commander of GdSar Paratroopers ).

The IDF says the multidimensional unit has set a very high threshold for the quality of fighters and commanders, which includes high personal data, high fitness for the purpose of maneuvering, locating targets, attacking and destroying all dimensions. The cyber dimension will probably be integrated into the unit's development processes.

At the beginning of the road, it was decided that the unit, consisting of a battalion comprising hundreds of fighters, would receive due to its designation and importance, which is now characterized by a sharp division in the IDF. They also emphasized that already in 2020, a further recruitment will be made, by fighters from various units, and at the same time Training that incorporates cutting edge technology and digital capabilities to improve the IDF's lethality.

Lessons, conclusions, methods and perceptions of the unit will be disseminated to the units, and according to the policy dictated by the chief of staff, to influence the entire IDF. No name has yet been chosen for the unit, neither a symbol nor a beret or shoe color. The overall purpose of the unit's commanders is to create new DNA, detached from what they recognized in the previous units from which the fighters came. They also emphasized that no deadline was set for the unit's operational activity to start.

There is currently no such unit in the IDF. IDF fighters during multi-military exercise (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

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