Targeted Killings

The recent attack on Saudi oil facilities have cast a spotlight on an increasingly-used but often misunderstood piece of combat technology: "kamikaze" or "suicide" drones. And the incident has brought into focus what one expert calls the "eminent" possibilit…

Conventional wisdom holds that intelligence data is collected and safeguarded to gain an advantage on the battlefield if and when war breaks out. In recent years, however, Israel has come to increasingly rely on deliberate public disclosure of intelligence da…

Modi and Netanyahu (PHOTO COURTESY: NDTV/File) The Modi governments move of obliterating Article 370 of the Indian Constitution on August 5th has exposed the extremist religious nationalism espoused by the BJP. Yet, it is a good time to understand BJPs bold…

In the summer of 2019, Chinas exported killer drones attained new notorietyin both the dubiously positive and unquestionably negative sense. The cheap unmanned aircraft have proliferated across the Middle East and North Africa, executing hundreds of deadly at…

I herein continue what I have started two posts ago analyzing one of many anti-Semitic signs containing the eight “accusations” that put the State of Israel, at least according to BDSs activists, at the top of the international criminal list. The only existin…

There’s little doubt that the next war between Israel and the Gaza Strip is not far away, and it will be deadlier and more destructive than any previous war. In the last war between the two, Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Israel lost 68 soldiers and six …

Israel has a powerful air force — and it's not afraid to strike neighbors it perceives as a national security threat. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Iran shot down a U.S. drone on June 19, further escalating tensions between Iran and its adversaries. Relations with I…

Israel has a powerful air force — and it's not afraid to strike neighbors it perceives as a national security threat. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Iran shot down a U.S. drone on June 19, further escalating tensions between Iran and its adversaries. Relations with I…

What are the key military counter terrorism techniques and strategies? From use of Special Forces to targeted killings and covert intelligence – what works, when and why? By Eur Ing Steve Nimmons FBCS CITP FIET CEng FRSANimmons Consulting Ltd, London, March …

Israel may have denied it, but the Eurovision Song Contest factored into the decision to end the fighting against Hamas earlier this month after a bloody three-day round of hostilities, in order to ensure that the event will take place in Tel Aviv as planned.…