David's Sling

May 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF tech innovation redefines the war in Gaza

The battlefield requires constant monitoring, and learning about the enemy - two elements that Israel's technology excels at.

April 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off

Israel’s successful interception of Iran’s massive drone and missile attack underscores the success of military cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem.

February 26, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: Feb. 26, 2024

Israel SitRep: Feb. 26, 2024 Today’s Issue: After Hezbollah Downs an Israeli UAV, Israeli Fighter Jets Attack Hezbollah Sites in Lebanon | IDF Carries out West Bank Raids, Arresting 22, Seizing Terror...

February 20, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israeli Air Force struck 31,000 targets in four months of war

New government numbers show roughly 228 targets struck by airstrikes every day of the conflict, significantly more than any previous IDF effort.

November 20, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah increases attacks, IDF degrades Hamas battalions

Hezbollah carried out attacks on northern Israel on November 20. The first occurred in the morning toward a number of border areas stretching from the small Bedouin town of Arab al-Aramshe to Biranit and...

November 9, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel has intercepted 9,500 rockets fired thanks to its multi-layered air defense system

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October 31, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

In first, Israel’s Arrow air defense system intercepts ballistic missile near Red Sea: IDF

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Arrow air defense system for the first time intercepted a ballistic missile today, in an attempted strike believed to have been launched from Yemen. The Israeli Defense Forces...

October 16, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

How America can help Israeli missile defenses ASAP

In the space of just 20 minutes, Hamas launched more than 2,200 rockets into Israel the morning of Oct. 7 as its fighters began to massacre civilians. This unprecedented barrage pushed Israeli missile...

May 10, 2023 | |

David’s Sling Air Defense System Intercepts Rocket for First Time

Israel used its David’s Sling air defense system successfully for the first time on May 10 to intercept a rocket aimed at Tel Aviv during a rocket barrage from Gaza-based terrorist...

December 28, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

The Powerful Implications of Israel’s Successful Missile Defense Test

The Israeli Missile Defense Organization and U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced earlier this month the successful completion of a series of tests of a multilayered missile defense system using the David’s...

May 23, 2020 | John Hannah, Jacob Nagel

U.S. Troops Are Vulnerable. Israeli Technologies Can Help

The recent U.S. decision to withdraw two Patriot missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia has again highlighted how vulnerable U.S. interests in the Middle East remain to Iran’s growing arsenal of...

April 17, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, John Hannah

COVID-19 and the Need for Enhanced U.S.-Israel Technology Cooperation

As its strategy to address the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to develop, the United States should not overlook the important role that its most scientifically advanced international allies could...

July 27, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Dem VP Nominee, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge More Funding for Israel’s Missile Defense

A bipartisan group of senators has signed a public letter urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to include an additional $320 million for Israeli missile defense systems in the 2017 National...