DefenceTalkIsraeli air strikes near Damascus on Wednesday killed 10 combatants, among them six Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran’s military presence in Syria were among the targets. Government media […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-in-deadliest-syria-strikes-this-year-78741/

DefenceTalkGermany is looking at buying an Israeli anti-missile shield system that could also offer protective cover for neighboring EU states, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday. “I can reveal to you that that is certainly among the things that we are discussing, and for good reasons,” Scholz told state television channel ARD. The chancellor’s comments confirmed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-mulling-israeli-anti-missile-shield-purchase-78517/

DefenceTalkIran has arrested several suspected members of a spy network linked to arch foe Israel, foiling its attempt to sabotage a key underground nuclear facility, state media reported. The announcement comes as Iran is engaged in talks with major powers on reviving a landmark nuclear deal abandoned by the United States in 2018. Iran has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-foils-israel-linked-sabotage-plot-at-nuclear-plant-78411/

DefenceTalkIran claimed responsibility for missile strikes Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying they targeted an Israeli “strategic center” and warning of more attacks. Kurdish authorities insisted the Jewish state has no sites in or near Arbil, capital of their autonomous region in the country’s north. In Baghdad, the foreign ministry condemned the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-missiles-targeted-israeli-site-in-iraqs-arbil-78404/

DefenceTalkGermany’s Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that a new Iran nuclear agreement “cannot be postponed any longer”, during his first visit as chancellor to Israel, which staunchly opposes efforts to forge a deal with Tehran. Scholz’s visit, which included a ceremony at Jerusalem’s Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, comes amid […]https://www.defencetalk.com/in-israel-germanys-scholz-says-iran-deal-cannot-be-postponed-78221/

DefenceTalkThe Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate for Defense R&D of the Israel Ministry of Defense, the IDF and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have completed a successful series of live-fire tests of the ‘C-Dome’ system – an advanced naval configuration of the Iron Dome defense system. The ‘C-Dome’ was operated for the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-completes-the-1st-c-dome-interceptions-from-aboard-the-navys-saar-6-corvettes-78112/

DefenceTalkA court fight within Israeli spytech firm NSO Group has shed new light on the crisis engulfing the company, including tensions over whether to keep selling malware to autocrats to stay afloat. NSO was already mired in debt before an investigation revealed last year that its Pegasus phone-hacking software had been used to spy on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/battle-over-future-of-spytech-firm-nso-israel-court-papers-78075/

DefenceTalkAt least six pro-government fighters, including Syrian troops, were killed in Israeli air strikes Thursday targeting positions held by Iran-backed groups near the capital Damascus, a war monitor reported. It is the fourth time this month that Israeli strikes have been reported inside Syria, keeping up a campaign against pro-Iranian forces supporting the Damascus government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-strikes-kill-six-near-damascus-monitor-78082/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will produce 12 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters for Israel under a U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement. This production announcement is for the first four of 12 aircraft for Israel and is on the heels of a contract to produce nine more aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps. The signed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-to-build-ch-53k-helicopters-for-israel-77998/

DefenceTalkIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced the development of a surface-to-surface missile whose stated range would put arch foe Israel within reach. The Guards’ Sepahnews website said the missile was named the Khaybarchekan after a victorious battle fought by the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. Armed forces chief of staff Mohammad Bagheri […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-unveil-missile-said-to-put-israel-in-reach-77883/