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  • Israel allows US to deploy Iron Dome missile defense system in the Gulf: Report

    Haaretz said Israeli officials were refusing to reveal in which countries the Iron Dome system would be deployed but that behind closed doors Israel gave its tacit agreement to the US to place the batteries in order to defend its forces from attacks by Iran and its proxies.

  • Three wounded by projectile fired from Yemen, Saudi civil defense says

    Three civilians were wounded on Sunday by a projectile fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement into a border town in Saudi Arabia’s southerly Jazan region, the Saudi civil defence unit tweeted. The injured were a man and two children, two of them stable and one in a critical condition.

  • Head of SAMI explains how he wants to build Saudi Arabia’s defenses through homegrown industry: Interview

    “We have one of the largest defense budgets in the world, and it’s an unusual opportunity for the Kingdom to ensure that this industry can localize to the point where we can satisfy our own needs, and then look regionally and abroad in the future. It should’ve happened 40 or 50 years ago.”

  • Father of Portland teen killed by Saudi student files bar complaint against defense lawyer

    The complaint offers circumstantial details – other Saudi clients Mooney represented and who also disappeared – but no concrete evidence. Mooney has denied any wrongdoing in any of the cases.

  • Turkish defense industry risks big damage from US sanctions

    The US sanctions targeting Turkey’s defense industry agency may be seen as rather mild by some observers, but they threaten to deprive Turkey of key military technology should they last more than a year.

  • Perspective: What a Biden Presidency Means for Defense

    “There is not going to be a situation or a budget that Republicans will support where domestic spending is going up but defense spending is going down,” Salmon said. “As long as Republicans are in the slight majority in the Senate, or can maintain that filibuster in the Senate, you’re going to continue to see parity between both domestic and defense spending. And I expect the Biden administration is probably going to want to increase [non-defense programs], or at least keep domestic spending fairly steady.”

  • US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over purchase of Russian missile defense system

    The extraordinary step against a treaty ally comes at a delicate time in relations between Washington and Ankara, which have been at odds for years over Turkey’s acquisition from Russia of the S-400 missile defense system, along with Turkish actions in Syria, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and in the eastern Mediterranean.

  • Israel signals openness to future joint missile defense with Gulf partners

    Israel could be open to future cooperation on missile defence with Gulf Arab states that share its concerns over Iran, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. But the official, Moshe Patel, who heads the Israeli Missile Defence Organisation which is part of the Defence Ministry, said it was premature to pursue any such deals, and Washington’s approval would be needed if Israeli systems developed with U.S. technology or funding were involved.

  • U.S. set to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system – sources

    The sanctions would target Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries and its head, Ismail Demir, sources have said. They would be damaging but narrower than the severe scenarios some analysts have outlined.

  • F-35 Fighter Jet Leads Frantic Middle East Arms Race For Defense Stocks After Peace Deal

    Iran has quietly partnered with China on the development of anti-ship missiles, according to the Middle East Institute. China has developed anti-ship missiles that have made U.S. carriers increasingly vulnerable. And Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps practiced launching missiles at a model of a U.S. carrier recently.