The first of five new corvettes recently arrived at King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, upgrading the Saudi fleet’s capabilities in the Red Sea.
By Agnes HelouFrom 2016–2020, Israel accounted for 69 percent of Azerbaijan’s major arms imports — a number that represents 17 percent of Israel’s arms exports for that same period.
By Arie EgoziThe encounter ended peacefully following multiple attempts by a US ship to contact the Iranian crew.
By Justin KatzIsraeli 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 EgoziAn Aug. 14 Israeli strike came within three kilometers of a Russian base, closer than normal strikes would come to Russian assets in Syria.
By Arie EgoziThe US and its allies should prepare Ukraine, and better constrain Iran, write analysts from FDD.
By John Hardie, Ryan Brobst and Behnam Ben TalebluMoscow and Jerusalem are in delicate balance in the Middle East, but Ukraine conflict may offer Iran more leverage.
By Arie EgoziThe American claim comes as President Joe Biden prepares for a Middle East trip, and comes as Iranian UAV fears have prompted unprecedented interest from Gulf nations in Israeli defense systems.
By Arie EgoziThe US pivot to the Pacific may be all about China, but it misses Beijing’s moves to fill a US void elsewhere, write a team from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
By Bradley Bowman, Zane Zovak, Ryan Brobst and Behnam Ben TalebluThe exercise comes as Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz alleged Tuesday that Iran was “just a few weeks” away from having enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb.
By Arie EgoziIsrael Aerospace Industries President and CEO Boaz Levy speaks to Breaking Defense about his envisioned ‘network’ of firms in the US, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and new Gulf customers.
By Arie EgoziIntelligence sources say Russians have pulled out of key Syrian facilities, and Syria has welcomed advisers from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in their place.
By Arie EgoziIsrael is increasingly worried about Iranian use of drones, prompting aggressive, innovative countermeasures.
By Arie Egozi
After Moscow’s invasion, nuclear aspirants like Iran or nuclear powers like China may have learned dangerous strategies.
By Polina Sinovets, John Parachini and Khrystyna Holynska