Joint Direct Attack Munition

May 15, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions

Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

April 7, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Arsenal of Democracy

Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base

February 12, 2025 | Bradley Bowman |

The Trump Administration Acts to Arm Israel and Signals Desire to Reform U.S. Security Assistance

The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday that it plans to sell Israel over $8 billion in weapons, advancing sales that the Biden administration slow-rolled for months. The Trump administration’s...

January 6, 2025 | |

As Term Ends, Biden Proposes $8 Billion Arms Deal for Israel

Department of State Informs Congress of Planned Arms Package for Israel: In its waning weeks, the Biden administration has informally notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion...

October 2, 2024 | Richard Goldberg, Bradley Bowman, David Daoud, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Joe Dougherty

Israel, Iran, and Lebanon: What’s Next?

June 5, 2024 | John Hardie |

Photos offer insights on Russia’s new UMPB D-30SN glide bomb

Photos published over the past few weeks shed additional light on a new Russian glide bomb that has seen growing use in Ukraine: the UMPB D-30SN. The pictures, shared by Russian Telegram channels and Ukrainian...

May 16, 2024 | |

Biden Blocks Arms to Israel While Promising Future Support

The Biden administration notified Congress on May 14 of a future $1 billion arms package for Israel. That package reportedly includes “$700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million...

May 11, 2024 | |

Biden Faces Bipartisan Criticism for Withholding Key Arms from Israel

Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed disapproval throughout the week regarding President Joe Biden’s decision to withhold key munitions from Israel. Biden admitted...

May 8, 2024 | |

Reports Claim U.S. Delaying Munitions to Send Message to Israel

The Biden administration is pausing shipments of offensive weapons to Israel due to its objections to military operations in Rafah, senior U.S. officials told journalists on May...

April 3, 2024 | |

U.S. Considering Major Military Package for Israel

The Biden administration has informally notified Congress of its desire to approve the sale to Israel of as many as 50 new F-15 fighter jets valued at $18 billion, according to media...

March 14, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Richard Goldberg

How to Ensure Israel Has the Weapons It Needs

November 18, 2023 | |

U.S. Continues to Send Weapons to Israel to Combat Hamas

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said November 17 that there was still “work to be completed” to dismantle Hamas’s military capabilities...

November 8, 2023 | |

U.S. Approves Sale of Precision Guided Munitions to Israel

The U.S. State Department has approved a $320 million sale to Israel of Smart, Precise Impact, Cost Effective (Spice) guidance kits, according to a November 6 New York Times report....

October 24, 2023 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Can the U.S. Arm Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan at the Same Time?

The Biden administration has moved quickly to send Israel weapons following Hamas’ deadly October 7 terror attack. This laudable step has some asking whether U.S. military assistance to Israel might...

October 13, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

How the Pentagon can help Israel now

Following Hamas’ horrific terror attack on Israel this past Saturday, the Biden administration has moved quickly to send Israel weapons and strengthen U.S. military posture in...

October 10, 2023 | |

U.S. Rushes Weapons to Israel — With More to Come

The United States is surging the transfer of weapons to Israel in the wake of the horrific October 7 terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas. A senior Pentagon official stated on October...

May 30, 2023 | John Hardie |

Can Russia’s New Guided Glide Bombs Help Blunt Ukraine’s Counteroffensive?

The Russian military on May 8 officially acknowledged that it had employed its new “Universal Gliding and Correction Module,” or UMPK, against Ukraine. Designed to turn a “dumb” bomb...

March 13, 2023 | Jacob Nagel |

Can something be done in wake of the Saudi-Iranian deal?

Despite the renewal of ties between Riyadh and Tehran, there is still the possibility of rectification and there are still important things to offer the Saudis, mainly from the US, but certainly also from Israel.

December 19, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The New Rocket Threat to Israel

The latest fighting in Gaza is the tip of the iceberg

May 15, 2015 |

The Camp David Summit: Major or modest moves in U.S.-Gulf ties?

In the run up to Thursday's summit at Camp David, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had predicted that &ldq...