Rafael (Yodefat)
Israel /
Hazafon /
Sakhnin /
World
/ Israel
/ Hazafon
/ Sakhnin
World / Israel
industrial area, production, weapons, nuclear weapons/warheads storage
RAFAEL, Israel Armament Development Authority, is a world leader in the development and production of advanced interdisciplinary weapon systems for naval, air and ground forces. In addition to ongoing close cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces, RAFAEL Armament Development Authority provides technology tailored to the needs of a long list of customers including some of the world's leading armed forces. The Propulsion and Explosive Systems Directorate provides all propulsion, pyrotechnics and warhead requirements for RAFAEL armament systems purchased by Israeli and overseas Customers.
Comprehensive facilities are available in RAFAEL to cover all aspects of research, design, development, manufacturing and testing of solid-propellant rocket motors with a wide size range. Static firings of solid rocket motors are conducted in well equipped remote controlled test stands. The research, development, manufacturing and testing of solid rocket motors is supported by RAFAEL's Metal Technologies Center, which handles production of metal motor components.
Yodefat is reportedly an installation for assembling and dismantling nuclear weapons. The Haifa area is home to several Rafael facilities responsible for the assembly of Israeli nuclear weapons since the first two weapons were fabricated in late 1966. Currently weapons are assembled at a modern and more remote facility at Yodefat east of Haifa. It is reported that classified satellite imagery of the facility shows a highly secure underground facility with two large elevators. According to Mordechai Vanunu, convoys carry plutonium from Dimona to Yodefat.
The Galilean settlement of Yodefat was the site in 67 CE of one of the best-known military encounters of antiquity, between Jewish rebel forces led by Flavius Josephus and Roman forces led by Vespasian. Yodefat was destroyed by Roman legions in this initial battle of the First Jewish Revolt. The site is unique in that nothing was ever built on top of the original city.
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/israel/yodefat.htm
www.rafael.co.il/Marketing/299-en/Marketing.aspx
www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/contractor/rafael.htm
www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/6775
Comprehensive facilities are available in RAFAEL to cover all aspects of research, design, development, manufacturing and testing of solid-propellant rocket motors with a wide size range. Static firings of solid rocket motors are conducted in well equipped remote controlled test stands. The research, development, manufacturing and testing of solid rocket motors is supported by RAFAEL's Metal Technologies Center, which handles production of metal motor components.
Yodefat is reportedly an installation for assembling and dismantling nuclear weapons. The Haifa area is home to several Rafael facilities responsible for the assembly of Israeli nuclear weapons since the first two weapons were fabricated in late 1966. Currently weapons are assembled at a modern and more remote facility at Yodefat east of Haifa. It is reported that classified satellite imagery of the facility shows a highly secure underground facility with two large elevators. According to Mordechai Vanunu, convoys carry plutonium from Dimona to Yodefat.
The Galilean settlement of Yodefat was the site in 67 CE of one of the best-known military encounters of antiquity, between Jewish rebel forces led by Flavius Josephus and Roman forces led by Vespasian. Yodefat was destroyed by Roman legions in this initial battle of the First Jewish Revolt. The site is unique in that nothing was ever built on top of the original city.
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/israel/yodefat.htm
www.rafael.co.il/Marketing/299-en/Marketing.aspx
www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/contractor/rafael.htm
www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/6775
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Advanced_Defense_Systems
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°51'7"N 35°17'7"E
- Haifa Bay Industrial Area 23 km
- Holon Industrial zone 102 km
- Industrial Area 105 km
- Industrial Area 132 km
- Adra Industrial Area 145 km
- Industrial city of Hasyaa' 218 km
- Latakia Industrial Zone 304 km
- Sheikh Najjar Industrial District 422 km
- Haci Omer Sabanci Industry Zone 462 km
- Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 656 km
- Sakhnin Logistics Depot 1.3 km
- Rakefet 2 km
- Misgav-Teradion Industrial Park 2.1 km
- Yuvalim 3.2 km
- Har Shekhanya 3.4 km
- Atzmon 3.5 km
- Shkheniya 3.6 km
- Giv'at Qarad 3.8 km
- Ya'ad 4.9 km
- Segev Forest 5.1 km
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