The 30th Anniversary of SDI, President Reagan’s Visionary Idea

Benjamin Myers Photography Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) speech in 1983 launched a program to eliminate the threat posed by a nuclear attack and set the groundwork for today’s missile defense system. On March 19, The Heritage Foundation and the George C. Marshall Institute co-hosted an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of this speech. […]

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Planting Trees (illustrative)

Defense Against Gaza Terrorism: Trees

To protect Israelis living near Gaza, the IDF is using the latest technology. But the army is also going back to a decades-old, low-tech solution: defensive forestation. The tactic is based in the simple concept of reducing terrorists’ accuracy by blocking their view. Defensive forestation was a common technique from the first years of the […]

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Patriot battery

NATO Patriot Missiles Land in Turkey

One of the greatest nightmares recently protested by Iran and Syria – a shipment of NATO’s Patriot anti-ballistic missile defense system – has arrived in Turkey. The Suecia Seaways, sailing under the flag of Germany, arrived Monday in the port of Iskenderun less than a day after the Netherlands-registered Louise Russ vessel pulled into port bearing […]

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Improved Langfan postcard

New and Improved: Katyusha Rocket Threat Graphic to Israel

Mark Langfan’s Katyusha Rocket Range All over Israel article is one of Arutz Sheva‘s most popular articles ever, with a over 5,400 Facebook “recommends.”   Additionally, Arutz Sheva has consistently featured Langfan’s graphic in numerous news articles. Recently, however, Rabbi Yehuda Bohrer of Beit El, who actively distributes and lectures with the cards which Langfan […]

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North Korea could have missile range to west coast USA

SEOUL (Reuters) – This month’s rocket launch by reclusive North Korea shows it has likely developed the technology, long suspected in the West, to fire a warhead more than 10,000 km (6,200 miles), South Korean officials said on Sunday, putting the U.S. West Coast in range. North Korea said the December 12 launch put a weather satellite in orbit but critics say […]

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Hamas: 25 Facts For 25 Years

December 11, 2012 11:30 by Simon Plosker Much of the media covered the weekend’s events in Gaza, where Hamas leader Khaled Meshal commemorated his terror organization’s 25th anniversary. What is Hamas really celebrating? Here are 25 facts to remind you: 1. Hamas takes its name from an acronym that means “Islamic Resistance Movement” in Arabic. […]

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Noam Bedein with Reporters in Sderot

Israeli Sderot Resident: “We Cease, They Fire”

Noam Bedein is a photojournalist, lecturer and founder/director of Sderot Media Center. He lives approximately two miles away from the Gaza-Israel border in the missile-battered Israeli city of Sderot. From the last day of Operation Cast Lead (January 18, 2009) until the 1st day of Operation Pillar of Defense, the Gaza Hamas regime launched 2,000 aerial […]

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