Israel launches first-ever multitier missile defense test December 16, 2020 Watch Israel’s first-ever multitier missile defense test using the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems. (Courtesy of Israel s Defense Ministry) JERUSALEM The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the first time demonstrated a multilayered air defense system using the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems in a recent series of tests. “Using this approach, a variety of threats may be identified and intercepted via full coordination and interoperability between the systems,” Moshe Patel, the head of IMDO, said Monday. The organization falls under the purview of the Ministry of Defense, whose minster, Benny Gantz, praised the “development of a multilayered air defense system [that] secures us from threats near and far.”
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“Withdrawing into a defensive and insular crouch here at home risks leaving Americans more isolated and more vulnerable to threats,” Mr. Panetta wrote in the forward. “More than ever, Americans must go abroad to remain secure at home.”
The essays explore a variety of national security concerns. In “China’s Military Aims,” the author reviews the steps the Chinese Communist Party is taking in their wholesale restructuring and modernization of the People’s Liberation Army.
Meanwhile, “Preserving America’s Military Posture in Germany,” by retired Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. Army-Europe and Bradley Bowman, director of the FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power, examines the bilateral U.S.-German relationship and notes U.S. presence there ultimately serves U.S. interests.
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Monday sanctioned Turkey, a NATO ally, over its purchase of a Russian missile defense system – a long-awaited move that comes just weeks before President Donald Trump leaves office.
The new sanctions include a ban on all U.S. export licenses and loans to Turkey s defense procurement agency and an asset freeze on the agency s president, Ismail Demir, among other government officials. U.S. officials have long warned that Ankara s purchase of the Russian system could jeopardize U.S. and European security.
It s not clear why the Trump administration waited until now to impose the penalties. Turkey finalized its acquisition of the Russian military system more than a year ago.
By Patrick Goodenough | December 14, 2020 | 4:25am EST
Dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, seen here on trial in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran last June, was hanged on Saturday. (Photo by Ali Shirban/Mizan News/AFP via Getty Images)
(Update: adds NCRI reaction)
(CNSNews.com) – Piqued by rare European criticism, Iran’s foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the German and French ambassadors to complain about their protests over the execution of a Paris-based dissident journalist, accusing their governments of siding with terrorists.
Earlier, the French foreign ministry had called Saturday’s hanging of Ruhollah Zam “a barbaric and unacceptable act that goes against the country’s international commitments.”