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By Benjamin S. Lambeth INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program Operation Change of Direction, the code name given to Israel’s war against Hizbollah in Lebanon...

The U.S Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control -- and, if necessary, launch -- nuclear missiles after a...

Current pressure cooker bombs typically use ammonium nitrate. It's the single most common base compound for homegrown explosives around the world. About 65 percent...

U.S. Army engineers in Afghanistan recently designed and fabricated a tool to help Soldiers investigate possible improvised explosive devices from a safer distance. Capt. Chad...

Last week Iran unveiled its latest drone dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aerial vehicle follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and...

RAFAEL is unveiling at IMDEX 2013 a new missile-carrying variants of the Typhoon marine stabilized weapon system. Defense-Update reports from IMDEX 2013. Two systems -...

Usually, people claiming their governments are spying on them are considered merely paranoids or conspiracy-lovers. But in the last several years, it has become...

As domestic economies change into a global market, dependent on the ocean for energy, food and transportation, the open seas becoming contested areas, and...

Russia has completed the upgrade of the security systems at its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) bases, especially against the threat from Islamic terrorists.This program...

RSS Steadfast is one of four Formidable class missile frigates in service with the Singapore Navy. Two of her sister ships -- RSS Formidable and...

The UAE is getting ready to face the Iranian threat. Jobaria Defense Systems MCL has unveiled its Multiple Cradle 122mm Rocket launcher system . The JDS...

Has Israeli technology helped Turkey to develop its unmanned air systems (UAS) industry? This question is on the table again as Turkey is about to start exporting...

The Boston bombing continues to create news and some point allegedly to things that could have been done to prevent the terror act. Israeli experts...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed a system that will enable the central control of military ground, air, and undersea unmanned systems...

Some European countries may consider an Israeli made unmanned air system (UAS) as a platform for a "Black program” to create a European medium-altitude/long-endurance...

The US Army is likely to cancel a plan to replace its M4 assault rifles with a new carbine. The Army prepared for a selection of three finalists of a major evaluation, before committing over $300 millins for new Carbines over the next five years. It is now likely the Army will opt for the modestly improved M4A1.

The Navy SEALS and many other elite counter-terrorist units around the world – to include the British SAS, Germany’s GSG 9, and Spain’s GEO...

The Obama administration accused China’s military of a campaign of cyberattacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors for the purpose of identifying...

Israeli experts say that if the plan to sell  Russian S-300 missiles to Syria is performed , Assad will be able to neutralize Israeli...

A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday said the U.S. military had launched a “long overdue” effort to safeguard U.S. national security satellites and...

Terrafugia Inc., the developer of the Transition street-legal airplane, announced its vision for the future of personal transportation.  Building on its experience with the...