Month: December 2017

Reports out of South Lebanon indicate fierce fighting between Hizballah and Israeli forces in the town of Bint Jbeil, 2.5 km from the Lebanese border. By various accounts, between eight…

Hizballah’s continuing rocket offensive against northern Israel will probably speed deployment of the Skyguard rocket defense system, offered by Northrop-Grumman. Skyguard is essentially an updated version of the THAL (Tactical…

How did Hizballah respond to Israel’s temporary suspension of airstrikes into southern Lebanon. By firing more than 140 rockets into northern Israel, of course, setting a one-day record for the…

It was a bit reassuring to hear that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has resumed air strikes in south Lebanon, less than 24 hours after announcing a halt to the…

The Israeli Air Force has again demonstrated why it has few peers in aerial combat. On Monday, an IAF fighter shot down a Hizballah drone that was packed with explosives,…

Syria–with the backing of Iran–is feeling rather full of itself at this juncture in the Lebanon War. And for obvious reasons. As the “hand-maiden” between Hizballah and its Iranian patrons,…

In recent months, we’ve posted on a couple of occasions about the military’s struggle with Coe C personnel. Code C is a classification used for individuals with medical problems that…

Drudge has a link to a timely warning from General Kevin Chilton, a former astronaut who recent took the helm of the U.S. Air Force Space Command. Speaking at an…

After North Korea’s embarassing TD-2 missile failure in July, Pyongyang fell strangely silent, and the “Dear Leader” (Kim Jong-il) essentially vanished from public view. There is no doubt that both…

Writer’s note: this entry was created on 14 August, in the aftermath of Israel’s acceptace of the cease-fire in Lebanon. At the time, I was traveling, and lacked internet access…