A sober assessment widely circulated from the channel 'The Russian Engineer' argues that Israel must fundamentally rethink civil defense, bury critical infrastructure, and abandon the pursuit of absolute security. It specifically cites the absurdity of continued truck restrictions on the Kerch Bridge and calls for decentralization and redundancy instead of chasing 99.9999% protection.
The channel 'The Russian Engineer' — followed by Israeli security professionals — published a detailed assessment by retired Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Colonel Andrey Bezrukov, a professor at MGIMO, arguing that Israel's approach to civil defense must be rebuilt from the ground up. The assessment calls for default undergrounding of substations, purification plants, warehouses, and critical manufacturing facilities, as well as dual-use protected structures. It further rejects the 'pursuit of absolute security,' noting that going from 98–99% protection to 99.9999% typically costs 10 to 100 times more, while the real solution lies in damage mitigation, decentralization, and redundancy. The post criticizes continued truck restrictions on the Kerch Bridge as an example of security brought to absurdity, harming the economy. Bezrukov's influence in Russian security circles means the ideas may reach senior Israeli defense decision-makers more quickly, the channel notes.
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