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...
Joint Direct Attack Munition
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...
Op-eds
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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....
Flash Briefs
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...
Insights
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...
Op-eds
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
The New Rocket Threat to Israel
The latest fighting in Gaza is the tip of the iceberg
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Somali Instability Still Poses Threat Even After Successful Strike on Nabhan
By Dr. J. Walid Phares The United States struck an important blow against Islamist terrorism in the Horn of Africa earlier this week when, in the middle of the day on Monday, Sp...