“A fastball high and inside — that was meant to brush back the batter. Will he think twice now about crowding the plate?”

After shooting down Iranian #munitions , #Jordan defiant in uncomfortable spotlight #iran #MiddleEast #drone
my latest Breaking Defense quoting Jonathan Lord Abdulla Aljunaid and Kristian Ulrichsen
breakingdefense.com/2024/04/jordan…

Speaking to Jack Detsch today for Foreign Policy, I didn’t mince words: “There’s the people who are playing chess, the people who are playing checkers, and the people who are eating the pieces off the board.”
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/isr…

No kinnehoras, because this may not be over, but Gulf leaders are witnessing the power of American and Israeli air defense innovation and collaboration tonight, observing the efficacy of regional security integration — and likely mapping in their minds their own pathway in.

The world, but particularly, Gulf states will get a demonstration of the efficacy of Arrow 3 tonight and the power of American/Israeli defense innovation and production.

Air defense over the Temple Mount.

🚨 Israeli sources: Iran has fired dozens of drones toward Israel haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Last year, Andrea Kendall-Taylor and I argued for this policy in Washington Post Opinions. This year, in National Interest, we recently argued for a legislative fix that would speed the ability of U.S. Central Command to provide these weapons to UKR with less red tape and delay:

nationalinterest.org/feature/congre…