Current sectionIsrael NewsNational SecurityShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIn the Americans' Project Thor, for example, an array of 10 to 15 of such satellites would be able to strike any point in the world within 15 minutes. Simulation: Nadav GazitIsrael's defense minister is widely regarded as unserious, but experts say he may be onto something with his vision of space-to-ground capabilities, not merely missile defenseOded Yaron04:56 PM • August 24 2026 IDTForty-five years ago, one of our people's great minds presented a futuristic vision: Jews in space. At the end of his 1981 movie "History of the World, Part I," Mel Brooks added a trailer for a sequel that never happened. This fantasy featured ultra-Orthodox astronauts protecting the Jewish people from gentiles. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel high-techIsrael technologyScience & Technology2026 Israel-Iran WarCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastMeet the Discreet Netanyahu Backer Behind Two Propaganda InitiativesRight-wing Israeli Think Tank Hires Lobbyists to Push U.S. Withdrawal From UNShin Bet: Iranian Intel Trying to Hack Israeli Journalists' Phones and AccountsDelaware Firm Behind Israeli Page Pushing Viral pro-Netanyahu ContentTest in Morocco Exposes Covenant's Secret Cruise MissileRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive