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In first, Houthi missile breaches Israeli airspace

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A cruise missile launched by Houthi terrorists from Yemen overnight Monday hit an open area near the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, the IDF confirmed on Tuesday evening. The incident marked the first time...

US Navy destroyer downs suicide drones, missile in Red Sea

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A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down several suicide drones and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired towards it by Houthis in Yemen, AP reported on Wednesday. The attack apparently targeted the “USS Carney,” an...

Nuclear War with Iran: Israel’s science-based options

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“I learn a science from the soul’s aggressions.” - St. John Perse The evidence is compelling. In various parts of the world, including the Middle East, a nuclear war is increasingly plausible. Still, identifying meaningful time...

‘Confused Seas’: The current state of maritime Affairs

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For “those who go down to the sea in ships, who do work in mighty waters,” Nathan Bowditch’s “American Practical Navigator” is required reading. First published in 1802, the book remains a comprehensive guide to maritime...
An Iranian flag over a missile, April 2022. Credit: Mohasseyn/Shutterstock,

Three years of Biden’s Iran appeasement are not so easily undone

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It is to be hoped that three days of U.S. strikes on targets associated with Iranian-backed terror groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen will be sufficient. After months of gradually escalating chaos unleashed by...
Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer “USS Carney” respond to a simulated small-craft vessel during an anti-terrorism drill on Dec. 6, 2023. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau/U.S. Navy.

Iran’s humiliation of Biden and America

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When U.S. President Joe Biden moved two carrier task groups to the Mediterranean, I had some hope that he would finally take the necessary military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and end the...
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63), and French Navy destroyer FS Languedoc (D 653) transit the Strait of Hormuz along with air support from a French Navy E-2C Hawkeye and Air Force Rafale strike aircraft, Nov. 26. IKECSG is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability In the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Information Technician Second Class Ruskin Naval)

Austin ordered strike on Houthis from hospital, White House says

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U.S. President Joe Biden convened his national security team on Jan. 9, following one of the largest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, during which U.S. and UK forces shot down nearly 20 drones...
“USS Gerald R. Ford” steams in the Ionian Sea, Oct. 4, 2023. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly/U.S. Navy.

Next steps in the Red Sea: Offense, not just defense

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Recent events in the transit lanes of the Red Sea have underscored the need for international action to restore freedom of navigation for commercial shipping traffic. Attacks on commercial ships by the Iranian proxy...
DF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center) visits soldiers of the Golani Brigade in Gaza City's Shejaia neighborhood, Dec. 16, 2023. Source: Twitter/X.

Gallant in Eilat: If Houthis keep attacking, we’ll know what to do

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If the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen continue to attack Eilat with missiles, the State of Israel will “know what to do,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said during a visit to the Red Sea city...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog receives the credentials of newly appointed U.K. Ambassador to Israel Simon Walters at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

UK ambassador to Israel: British Jews must feel safe

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Simon Walters, the British ambassador to Israel, arrived in the Jewish state a few months ago, when talk of Israel-Saudi normalization was the main topic in the region. But on Oct. 7, the Hamas...