The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel’s Arrow-3 missile defense system to Germany, in what will be Israel’s biggest-ever defense deal, the Israeli defense ministry said on Thursday.
Development and manufacturing of the system was led by the Israel Aerospace Industries, the Defense Ministry’s Homa Administration for air-defense systems, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency.
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Irish fishermen succeeded where Ireland’s government had failed. In January last year, the Russian Navy brushed aside pleas from Dublin by announcing a major military exercise slap bang in the middle of Ireland’s fishing grounds.
The country’s fishermen had other ideas: they refused to leave waters to the south of the country and maintained a round-the-clock presence, thus preventing the Russian warships from carrying out the drill.
Now it’s happened again. Norwegian fishermen have pulled off a similar victory against the might of the Russian Navy. Their successful efforts are a reminder that national security involves the whole of society — and that the best ideas don’t always come from the government or think tanks.
