‘Operation True Promise’: Iran’s missile attack on Israel For all those who see the United States as a power in decline, the failure of Iran’s revenge attack on Israel should serve as a reality check. Uzi Rubin June 19, 2024
The Houthi missile arsenal and the threat to Israel The Houthi missile threat is clearly destined to become a permanent feature of Israel’s missile threat environment. Uzi Rubin Feb. 5, 2024
Israel’s missile defense downs long-range Hamas rocket The “Ayesh 250” was fired toward IDF Northern Command HQ in Safed. Hamas’s flagship rocket, named after a terrorist mastermind, was intercepted and destroyed by Israel’s David Sling. Uzi Rubin Nov. 6, 2023
Arrow 3, Germany and the missile shield over Europe How Israel’s premier defense missile system developed and eventually became the system being used to defend Europe. Uzi Rubin Sept. 18, 2023
Will the rocket threat from Jenin match that from Gaza? What are the prospects that the terrorist organizations in northern Samaria will acquire missile capabilities equal to those of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza? Israel needs to prepare for what may soon transpire inside Palestinian cities. Uzi Rubin Sept. 4, 2023
Israeli Hawk missiles and the war in Ukraine Washington has reportedly requested that Israel provide some of its remaining Hawk missiles to the U.S. for subsequent delivery to Ukraine—if true, Israel’s political echelon faces a dilemma. Uzi Rubin Feb. 20, 2023
Missiles and UAVs in the Ukraine war: A preliminary evaluation A significant dimension of the war in Ukraine is the extensive use of UAVs and precision missiles, both ballistic and cruise. Of the three types of weapons, precision cruise missiles seem to have been the most effective to date. Uzi Rubin May 22, 2022
Iran’s UAVs tip the balance of power in the Middle East Their growing capabilities have raised the threat of Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicles from nuisance to strategic level, on par with that posed by Tehran’s rockets and missiles. Uzi Rubin Jan. 25, 2022
The battle for Marib: A tipping point of the civil war in Yemen? The West is focusing on the tragic humanitarian costs of the war in Yemen while turning a blind eye to the significant strategic implications of a Houthi/Iranian victory. Uzi Rubin April 14, 2021
