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  • Inside the Israel-Gulf Arab negotiations to create shared air defenses

    Israel already has three layers of air defences: Iron Dome, David’s Sling systems, which can intercept missiles up to 200km away, and Arrow batteries, which are capable of intercepting and downing long-range missiles at ranges of up to 2,000km - including ballistic missiles, which Iran has in its possession.

  • Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 defense budget, sources say

    Among the top priorities for this budget are shipbuilding, developing capabilities in space, missile warning and modernizing the nuclear "triad" of ballistic missile submarines, bombers and land-based missiles, one of the sources said.

  • Saudi Arabia turns to drought-surviving saxaul tree for climate defense

    As drought ravages the Middle East, Saudi environmental activist Abdullah Abduljabar sees a silver lining for deserts: Saxaul trees produce seeds only as they become drier, opening a window to plant even more in the kingdom's vast wilderness of Qassim. For centuries millions of these trees, commonly known by their Arabic name Al-Ghadha, provided firewood, animal feed and respite from the desert heat for the Bedouin forefathers of modern Saudis.

  • Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show ready for launch after selling out all exhibition space

    Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show, the global defense and security event to be held in Riyadh under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, has officially sold out all exhibition space and is ready to open its doors from March 6-9, 2022. On March 5, as a pre-cursor to the inaugural World Defense Show, the first-ever Riyadh Defense Forum will be conducted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). This high-level, invite-only, forum will host hundreds of the most influential military and political figures from across the globe and feature engaging dialogue on the global defense landscape. The IISS Riyadh Defense Forum will be followed by a city-wide Flying Salute, seeing international military aircraft take to the skies of Riyadh.

  • CENTCOM Boss Says There is ‘Rare Opportunity’ to Integrate Air, Missile Defense in Region

    “For the last five to seven years, Iran has relentlessly built its theater ballistic missile capabilities. These are surface-to-surface missiles that have ranges that can go as far as Israel, for some of their missiles,” McKenzie said. “But they have several thousands of these missiles, and they have assiduously cultivated this force, … even at the fact of starving their own people to ensure that the engineers, the factories that generate these missiles have the resources they need to do it.”

  • After Houthi attacks, senior U.S. general in UAE to bolster defenses

    U.S. Marine General Frank McKenzie arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for talks on efforts to bolster the Gulf state's defenses after a series of missile attacks launched by Houthi fighters in Yemen. In recent weeks, the Iran-aligned Houthis have waged an unprecedented string of largely failed missiles strikes on UAE targets that have triggered Emirati and U.S. air defenses and seen American troops briefly taking shelter.

  • UAE discussing defense upgrade after Houthi attacks- envoy to U.N

    The United Arab Emirates may upgrade its defensive capabilities after missile attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, while continuing diplomacy with Tehran to reduce regional tensions, a senior UAE diplomat said.

  • Biden warns Putin with sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defenses

    Following multiple rounds of U.S.-Russia talks over Ukraine that failed to reach a breakthrough, Biden, who has long warned Moscow of economic consequences, upped the ante on Tuesday by saying Putin could personally face sanctions.

  • Fiscal Year 2021 U.S. Arms Transfers and Defense Trade

    The three-year rolling average of State Department-authorized government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases implemented by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency for FY2019-FY2021 was $47 billion.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Patriot Buys: The Political Aspects of Missile Defense

    The Saudi defense forces have a strong record of defeating these attacks – indeed, the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces is the world leader in ballistic missile intercepts. The U.S. Patriot missile system that has been used to intercept all of these missiles and many drones has been patiently built up over a generation and is considered by some the most effective branch of the Saudi armed forces.