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November 28, 2023

Israel Enters the Era of Laser Warfare

The Iron Beam is cheaper and harder to overwhelm than the Iron Dome.

Last week, for the first time, the IDF shot down a missile fired from Gaza with a “directed-energy engagement system”—in layman’s terms, a laser. This experimental new system, known as the Iron Beam, has been developed to supplement, and perhaps one day to supplant, the Iron Dome. Elliott Abrams explains its significance:

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November 28, 2023

  1. A Catholic Reporter Attends Anti-Israel Protests and the Pro-Israel Rally

    Intimidation vs. joy.

  2. Extending the Ceasefire Helps Hamas, but Hurts Israelis and Palestinians

    Along with U.S. interests.

  3. Israel Enters the Era of Laser Warfare

    The Iron Beam is cheaper and harder to overwhelm than the Iron Dome.

  4. A Medieval German Jew Visits Eastern Europe and Iraq

    Petahiah of Regensburg at the tomb of Ezekiel.

  5. How George Steiner and Susan Sontag Got Rich and Famous by Being Jewish Pariahs

    Ruthless cosmopolitans.