By Killing Qassem Suleimani, the U.S. Stopped Playing by Iran’s Rules
Mistaking a sleeping lion for a dead one.
January 9, 2020
How Israel Spirited Five Boats Out of France and Transformed Naval Warfare Forever
Electronic warfare at sea.
In 1961, the Israeli navy, seeking a way to overcome its small size and small budget, began research into an unprecedented idea: arming small craft—too small to be equipped with heavy cannon—with missiles. These ships could blow much larger ships out of the water, and sophisticated radar would give them a high likelihood of hitting their targets. After a decade of intensive research and development, Jerusalem contracted with a French shipyard to build the vessels, which the IDF would later arm and equip. But, after seven of twelve were delivered, Charles de Gaulle got cold feet.
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How Israel Spirited Five Boats Out of France and Transformed Naval Warfare Forever
Electronic warfare at sea.
The Roots of Resurgent Anti-Semitism
Will America go the way of Britain?
The Partisans of “Polyamory” Misunderstand Both Honesty and Humanity
There’s more to a person than desire.
The Unpublished Writings of a Pioneering Religious Zionist Thinker
Isaac Jacob Reines.