deconfliction
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Its battlefield management excels at tracking hundreds of incoming drones across varied distances and altitudes, assigning teams to counter them quickly, and managing deconfliction to avoid friendly fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
US special envoy Steve Witkoff said they discussed "strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconfliction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart".
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
Questions to COGAT, the arm of the Israeli military that implements government policy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, regarding the system, known as deconfliction, were not immediately returned.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024
Human Rights Watch says the eight incidents it documented “reveal fundamental flaws with the so-called deconfliction system, meant to protect aid workers and allow them to safely deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance in Gaza.”
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
“There have got to be changes in the deconfliction process, between aid workers on the ground and the IDF headquarters so that this kind of targeting can’t happen again.”
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024
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