For US nuclear stocks, Jill Hruby of the Department of Energy said, “this is the most demanding moment in the history of our nation’s nuclear enterprise since the Manhattan Project.”
By Theresa HitchensDriverless systems are ready for the next gear
Robotic missile batteries maneuver and fire faster than crewed systems, keeping operators at standoff distances.
As the fate of a renewed nuclear deal is undecided, experts weigh in on how other regional powers would react.
By Agnes Helou
Israeli officials are being careful with statements, but are preparing a number of military options for dealing with Iran should the JCPOA come back into fruition.
By Arie Egozi
One such arrangement would include real-time intel sharing about Iranian drones, a source told Breaking Defense.
By Arie Egozi
If the US signs a new Iran deal, Israel wants defense technologies it has never before received as compensation.
By Arie Egozi
The DC trip is Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi’s first, and is aimed mainly to present the Americans with intelligence Israeli sources say proves that Iran is cheating on the nuclear agreement.
By Arie Egozi
Take lessons learned from joint exercises and turn them into capabilities
The real advantage comes when legacy, new, next generation and cutting-edge systems can work together in the battlespace.
Middle Eastern sources say Sunday’s cyberattack caused a blackout at the Natanz facility and damaged centrifuges. It occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Israel for talks, a day after Iran announced new centrifuges at Natanz, and within a week of the US restarting talks to revive the JCPOA.
By Arie Egozi and Brad D. Williams
TEL AVIV: While Israel anxiously awaits a Biden Administration, it has made operational a new command focused entirely on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Naetanyahu is repeating — again and again — his intention to stop Iran from achieving a nuclear capability: “Israel will not allow Iran to have the bomb.” The IDF says that the…
By Arie Egozi
We asked some of Washington’s best informed and smartest people about the likely consequences of the killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani.
By Colin Clark, Theresa Hitchens and Paul McLeary
Rare earths are 17 chemical elements used in military equipment as varied as missile guidance systems to lasers. China controls much of the world’s rare earth production, which has made them a concern of the Pentagon and the White House. Uranium is another critical military material largely controlled today by foreign sources. What should…
By Andy Keiser
TEL AVIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, still trying to form a new government, said Israel must increase its defense spending by “many billions immediately and then many billions every year” as the threat from Iran “has intensified in recent weeks. Israel, he said yesterday, faces a significantly growing threat from Iran. The Israeli military recently attacked…
By Arie Egozi
The resignation of Trump’s assistant secretary for arms control and verification weakens the State Department’s already shaky bench in arms control talks.
By Theresa Hitchens
Democrats challenged President Trump over his freeze on US military exercises with South Korea, while Trump lashed out on social media against intelligence officials who questioned his achievements.
By Colin Clark
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America should help Israel develop mechanisms for reviewing both inbound investments and outbound commerce to counter Chinese influence, argue three experts from JINSA.
By John Bird, Erielle Davidson and Ari Cicurel