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Strategika: Iranian Proxies
Issue No. 90 of Strategika features three essays stressing that the United States should retaliate more aggressively against Iranian proxy militia groups across the Middle East. In the background essay, Edward Luttwak
The Missile Threats to Israel and Its Defense Strategies
Dr. Uzi Rubin Uzi Rubin has been involved in Israeli military research, development, and engineering programs for almost forty years. Between 1991 and 1999 he served as head of Israel's
Iranian Precision Weapon Vision Expands to Hezbollah’s Short-Range Rockets
Today, more than ever, Hezbollah is advancing into the world of precision, as a kind of ‘substitute for air force.’ The upgrade to precision capability also reached some of Hezbollah’s
Iran Fires Ballistic Missile From A Shipping Container At Sea
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired two ballistic missiles from launchers disguised as standard shipping containers that were hosted aboard one of its sea base-like vessels. This particular combination, which
Houthi Anti-ship Ballistic Missiles
By: Yair Ramati and Yaakov Lappin. The Houthi movement in Yemen, known as Ansar Allah, exploits its strategic location to launch attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and the
HOW COULD THE UN AGENCIES OPERATING IN GAZA NOT KNOW ABOUT THE HAMAS TUNNELS ?
Given the sizable U.N. presence amid a multitude of Gazan agencies, how could the organization not know any indication tunnels were being constructed by HAMAS? ARTICLE
Comparing: IDF Gaza with US Mosul
In general the size of Gaza City and its environs matches well with Mosul. Each has around two million residents in a large urban area. The challenge for Israel and
Offensive Cyber Operations As a Tool of War
Cyber-attacks in the Israel-Iran theater will intensify because they offer distinct benefits for both powers. For Israel, cyber weapons offer range and deniability. For Iran, cyber-effects weaken Israel from within
IRAN CONDUCTS COMPLEX MISSILE / DRONE STIKES IN 3 COUNTRIES
17 JAN 2024 In the space of only 24 hours, it gave a stark demonstration of its capabilities, launching missiles and drones at targets in three different countries. Following Iran’s
BESIDES HEZBOLLAH, WHO’S FIRING AT ISRAEL FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON?
Hezbollah, and several Lebanese and Palestinian armed parties and groups have claimed attacks since Oct. 8, causing concerns across the country. In recent weeks, this “support front” for Gaza has
HOW QUICKLY COULD IRAN MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TODAY?
The long pole in the tent of building nuclear weapons is essentially complete. Iran can quickly make enough weapon-grade uranium for many nuclear weapons, something it could not do in
YEMEN : Houthis Anti-Ship Missile Arsenal
Yemen’s Houthis are the first to use anti-ship ballistic missiles in anger and have a diverse array of anti-ship cruise missiles, too. Iranian-backed Houthi militants have become the first in the world
Israel Faces the International Lynch Mob
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Three months after Israel was subjected to a one-day genocide and the worst massacre against Jews since the Holocaust, Israel is being tried in the ICC
Drone Wars Part 1: Lessons from Ukraine Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles represent a massive change in everything from farming to warehousing to warfare. What are some of the major changes that we've seen on modern battlefields, and
Israel Fights on 7 Fronts, the US Signals It’s on Its Own
The Iran nuclear threat, Israel facing threats on multiple fronts, the US moves out its aircraft carrier from the Middle East and Biden continues to weaken Netanyahu and push for
Association of Geo-Strategic Analysis
About Association of Geo-Strategic Analysis (AGSA)
AGSA arose in the aftermath of the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, recognizing the critical failure of Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB), from strategic to tactical levels,
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2024 U.S. Intelligence Report on Iran
On March 11, 2024, the annual U.S. intelligence assessment reported that Iran’s advanced nuclear program had not yet produced a weapon. But it warned that Tehran had accelerated production and opera...- Likes: 0
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18 MAR 2024 The development and evolution processes that The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has gone through, since its establishment in 1979, have reached the point where they are one of the strongest and most influential organizations in Iran today. This power buildup has placed the IRGC in a significant influential position in all of the country’s centers of power and established itself as one of the main elements the regime relies on to ensure its stability. Furthermore, these processes have also made the IRGC a key factor in the design and implementation of Iran’s foreign policy and its efforts to increase regional influence. ... See MoreSee Less
Special Report – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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18 MAR 2024 On a day-to-day basis, the supreme leader exerts control through the Office of the Supreme Leader and a system of handpicked representatives who act as his commissars. Very little is known about the internal functioning of this office, but it probably controls at least 2,000 clerical commissars who permeate every bureaucracy and power center inside Iran and, Iranian embassies and cultural centers outside the Islamic Republic's borders.
Special Court of Clerics” (Dadgah-e Vizheh-ye Rowhaniyat). This special court operates under the direct supervision of the supreme leader, and it does not follow the juridical procedures and laws of the rest of the country. The court’s head is appointed and dismissed by the supreme leader. The court is one of the Khamenei’s main tools for controlling clerics.
Imam Sadeq 83 Brigade: A military police force of the clerical establishment, Works under supervision of Ayatollah Khamenei.
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Timeline: Houthi Attacks and U.S. Responses
Tensions soared between the Houthi militia in Yemen and the United States after Houthis seized the crew of a commercial shipping vessel on Nov. 19, 2023. Houthis launched attacks–using drones, missi...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
18 MAR 2024 www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-17-2024
Key Takeaways:
• Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF Nahal Brigade (162nd Division) conducted clearing operations in the northern and central Gaza Strip on March 17.
• West Bank: The IDF arrested seven wanted individuals across the West Bank on March 17. The IDF also confiscated materials needed for manufacturing improvised explosive devices during an operation in Hebron.
• Northern Israel: Iranian-backed militias, including Lebanese Hezbollah, have conducted at least seven attacks from southern Lebanon into northern Israel since CTP-ISW's last data cutoff on March 16.
• The Red Sea: The Houthis likely fired at least one unspecified missile targeting the Marshall Islands-flagged LPG tanker MADO in the Gulf of Aden on March 16. This incident marks the second time the Houthis have targeted this vessel in two days.
• Syria: The Israeli Air Force likely conducted air strikes targeting a Hezbollah ammunitions depot and other Syrian army positions along the Damascus-Homs highway on March 17.
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