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(USA) The KC-46 tanker’s most infamous problem isn’t the one that impacts pilots the most (Defense News)

Valerie Insinna The U.S. Air Force is on its way to ameliorating a technical glitch that has left KC-46 tanker pilots waiting to take off,...

(France/Cyprus/Israel) For first time, France and Cyprus join Israel’s Noble Dina naval drill (Defense News)

Seth J. Frantzman France and Cyprus for the first time have joined the Israeli Navy-led Noble Dina naval exercise, which takes place annually but was canceled...

(USA) Taking a closer look at the health of the US Navy (Defense News)

 Everett Pyatt The U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, commonly called INSURV, was established in 1868 to provide an independent evaluation of the condition...

(USA) The US military has put scores more ship-killer missiles under contract as Pacific tensions continue (Defense News)

David B. Larter The U.S. Navy and Air Force signed a contract last month for dozens of Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles, a closely watched program that seems...

(Israel/Sri Lanka) The Israeli-Sri Lankan Relationship (BESA Center)

Punsara Amarasinghe Following Indian premier Narendra Singh Modi’s historic visit to Israel in 2017, bilateral relations between India and Israel were elevated into a strategic...

(Netherlands) The Netherlands: The EU’s “New Britain”? (BESA Center)

Rauf Baker Amsterdam would like to claim the role once played by London within the EU, but there are challenges in its path—and not all...

(Israel/Jewish National Fund) Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission (BESA Center)

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen The decision by the new chairman of the Jewish National Fund to continue the Fund’s mission to purchase land throughout...

(Turkey) Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions (BESA Center)

James M. Dorsey A nationalist Turkish television station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dug up a 12-year-old map that projects Turkey’s...

(Turkey/Gara Affair) The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages (BESA Center)

Burak Bekdil Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needed a military success story, and the rescue of 13 hostages held by the PKK in northern Iraq...

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