Russian Experts Disagree On Missile Defense Guarantees

(Source: RIA Novosti)

Follow-up reports in Moscow in the aftermath of the failed NATO-Russia Council discussions on European missile defense underscored the fact that any idea of a joint system, as opposed to a joint concept, was dead. Aleksei Arbatov, a leading Russian expert on strategic issues and Director of the Center for International Security at IMEMO, repeated President Dmitry Medvedev’s remarks at Deauville, but put them in the context of the dialectical development of ballistic missiles and missile defense systems. This context made “ballistic missile defense as one of the most complex and contradictory problems of contemporary military-strategic, technological and political issues over which experts have argued for decades” (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, June 17).

Sky’s no longer the limit

Iron Dome: 11 more batteries planned (Photo: Reuters)

The defense establishment is set to present an impressive plan in the coming days, the aim of which is to render Israel the most defensible country in the world from the threat of rockets and ballistic missiles.

OPINION: Missile Defense Zealotry

If there’s one thing that missile defense zealots can’t stand, it’s the implementation of missile defense plans. Josh Rogin reports:

3 countries interested in Iron Dome – report

“Israel Defense” reports that three countries are interested in procuring the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, which proved its operational capability earlier this year. Two Asian countries are actively examining the system, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., and military representative may soon visit Israel for a demonstration.
A defense official told “Israel Defense”, “There is a potential market of hundreds of millions of dollars.”