Tag: missile threat

Threats to the Home Front

This week Israel plays a game. Sixty-eight municipalities are joining military and civilian agencies for a massive exercise, a “war game” designed to train the Israeli home front to respond effectively to an attack by hundreds of missiles landing across the country. Israel recently held a conventional military exercise in the North, but this Home

Iran Sanctions, ICBMs, and Challenge in the EU

JERUSALEM – Three recent events demonstrate heightened challenges to the European Union: President Obama’s declaration that sanctions against Iran will be tightened “within weeks”; Iran’s unveiling of the newly developed Simorgh missile, a “satellite launch vehicle” that experts say can be turned into an ICBM; and President Obama’s decision not to attend the EU-U.S. summit