Uzi Rubin (born 1937) is an
Israeli
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defense
engineer
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and analyst. Rubin is considered one of the pre-eminent analysts of missile systems in the Middle East.
Defense industry involvement
Uzi Rubin has been involved in Israeli military research, development, and engineering programs for almost forty years. Between 1991 and 1999, he served as head of Israel's
Missile Defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ...
Organization, and in that capacity he oversaw the development of Israel's
Arrow
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...
anti-missile defense system. He was awarded the
Israel Defense Prize
The Israel Defense Prize (Hebrew: פרס בטחון ישראל), also known as the Israel Defense Award is an award presented annually by the President of Israel to people and organizations who made significant contributions to the defense of the ...
in 1996. He is a fellow of the
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at
Bar Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
.
See also
*
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, another institute Uzi Rubin is working for
References
External links
Rubin's article on Iraqi Missile systems
Israeli engineers
1957 births
Living people
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