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Iran launched an unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel over the weekend that included hundreds of missiles and drones launched primarily from its own soil, but also by Iran-backed groups in several other countries. Virtually everything fired at Israel was intercepted before entering the country’s territory, according to the Israel Defense Forces, which reported “very little […]
The first warning was a blip, a small anomaly picked up by radar scanning the skies over Ukraine. Within seconds, it became clear that the blip was a Russian ballistic missile streaking in Kyiv’s direction at several times the speed of sound. It was just before 4 a.m. on Dec. 11, and there was no […]
Updated Dec. 22, 2023 11:13 am ET TOKYO—Japan will provide Patriot missiles to the U.S., bolstering global stocks as Ukraine defends itself from a new wave of Russian missile attacks, the U.S. and Japanese governments said. Tokyo is set to transfer . . .
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Faced with a dangerous shortfall in Ukraine’s air defenses and no easy resolution to the funding impasse in Congress, Washington has increasingly leaned on allies to provide urgent weapons support. Help may now be coming from a partner outside Europe.
This picture taken on September 20, 2023 shows trains with Ukrainian grain stored in wagons covered with white tarpaulin on the second and third tracks in Dorohusk station at the Polish-Ukrainian border. Damien Simonart | AFP | Getty Images Ukraine needs more air defenses to protect its grain export routes as well as regions bordering […]
Updated Nov. 2, 2023 2:24 pm ET Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, plans to provide an air-defense system to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, U.S. officials say, citing intelligence. The Russian SA-22 system they plan to send . . .
Israel has agreed, for now, to a request from the U.S. to delay its expected ground invasion of Gaza so the Pentagon can place air defenses in the region to protect U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the Israeli planning. The Pentagon is scrambling to deploy nearly a dozen air-defense systems […]
The Biden administration has asked Israel to delay a ground invasion of Gaza for a few days to give the United States more time to put air defense batteries, fighter planes and other military assets in place to protect American troops, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials have been pushing Israel for a delay for multiple […]
Updated Oct. 22, 2023 12:14 pm ET WASHINGTON—The U.S. has deployed an antiballistic missile defense system and several Patriot missile battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon said, days after U.S. bases and a U.S. warship came under drone attack.
10:24 a.m. ET, October 22, 2023 US seeks delay of Israeli ground incursion to allow more time for hostage talks From CNN’s Alex Marquardt An Israeli soldier guides an armored personnel carrier on October 21, in Southern Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images The US government has pressed Israel to delay its imminent invasion of Gaza to […]