Missiles and missile defense articles
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Missile defenses defeat ‘the science’ and ‘the experts’
If someone says, “Trust the science!” these days, it’s usually an effort to short-circuit debate over weighty policy issues. “Trust the science” has been deployed in the past five years to prevent debate over COVID school closures and mask mandates, over electric-car subsidies, and over sex changes for boys and girls. For my entire time […]
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Drone and Missile Warfare Tests Supply-Strapped Defense Systems
Drone and Missile Warfare Tests Supply-Strapped Defense Systems (First column, 8th story, link) Related stories:Iran vows to hit Israel with 'never before used' weapons'Tel Aviv is our battleground'Restraint or retribution? Jewish state dilemmaDigital 'sleuths' fuel misinformation
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Advanced air defense systems protect Israel from drones, missiles
As Iran launched a large wave of attack drones and missiles toward Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military was tracking and preparing to intercept the weapons in the first-ever direct attack on Israel by the Islamic Republic, the Times of Israel reported. Earlier Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had for weeks "been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from Iran." Netanyahu said Israel's "air defenses are deployed, we are ready for any scenario, both in...