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(USA) Aging ICBMs Must Be Replaced, Not Refurbished, STRATCOM Chief Says (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Amid reports that the Biden administration may scale back a planned 30-year, $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization plan, the leader of U.S. Strategic Command wants everyone to know: America’s...

(USA) Former defense secretaries Mattis, Esper decry attack on the Capitol and Trump’s rhetoric (Leo Shane III and Howard Altman, Defense News)

Former Defense Secretaries Jim Mattis and Mark Esper both condemned both Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol building by rioters and President Donald Trump for his role...

(USA) Defense Department must determine the threat from quantum computers (Andrew Eversden, Defense News)

The U.S. Department of Defense must determine the national security threat posed by quantum computing, as part of the new annual defense policy law. The...

(USA) Hyten outlines future steps to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

In rebuilding the Pentagon’s electronic warfare prowess — and executing a recently released strategy to do so — the department’s No. 2 officer bestowed...

(Israel) Rafael combines technologies to give combat robots a ‘brain’ to map threats indoors (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

A robotic four-legged dog and a small drone infiltrated and mapped a building in an Israeli coastal community recently as part of Rafael Advanced...

US Strategic Command chief defends ICBM replacement program (Valerie Insinna, Defense News)

The U.S. Defense Department must be allowed to press forward with replacing its Cold War-era Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, the head of U.S. Strategic Command...

Cautious Optimism in Ramallah Regarding Biden (Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen and Col. (res.) David Hacham, BESA Center)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has a long wish list for the Biden administration, but its initial approach will be restrained and realistic....

BESA’s Top Ten of 2020 (Besa Center)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: During 2020, the BESA Center consolidated its position as the globally most widely read Israeli think tank in its field, with page...

Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal? (Raphael Ofek, BESA Center)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The incoming Biden administration is keen to return to the nuclear deal with Iran, provided it contains “some amendments.” This is in contrast...

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