Defense Ministry chief says Israel’s long-term force buildup ‘dangerously behind schedule’

By Emanuel Fabian

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1 July 2026, 11:15 am

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram speaks at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Defense Ministry)

Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram says “Israel’s long-term force buildup is dangerously behind schedule.”

“If we continue to conduct ourselves this way as a country, the risk to Israel’s adequately adapted security preparedness will become extremely great,” he warns at the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University.

On the subject of Israel’s missile interceptor stockpile, Baram says that “thanks to emergency measures we took in real time, Israel today has a stockpile of Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome interceptors that continues to grow even amid fighting, but the work is not yet done.”