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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

US Department of Defense

Israeli-made radiation protection suit developed by StemRad. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2023, 4:01 pm
Israel’s StemRad inks $4.5m contract to shield US troops from gamma radiation
Israeli-American company has developed shielding technology gear to protect first responders, defense forces, and space explorers from deadly radiation and nuclear threats
By Sharon Wrobel
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
January 1, 2022, 10:00 am
US fails to stamp out far-right extremism in military despite decades of efforts
Racism still a concern with service members not barred from membership of groups such as KKK; Black, Hispanic service members disproportionately court-martialed
By Kat Stafford and JAMES LaPORTA
A Taliban member poses atop a US US-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan, August 2021. (Uncredited)
August 21, 2021, 5:45 pm
As Taliban parades captured weapons, US still trying to gauge scope of damage
By all accounts, the militants have captured a huge trove of advanced equipment, vehicles, aircraft and guns supplied to Afghan forces over the years to the tune of billions
By ToI Staff and AFP
Police block off an entrance to the Pentagon following reports of multiple gun shots fired on a bus platform near the facility’s Metro station, August 3 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
August 3, 2021, 7:34 pm
Officer dead, suspect killed in shooting, stabbing attack outside Pentagon
Incident takes place just steps from US military headquarters, which was put on temporary lockdown; gunshots heard at Pentagon Transit Center Metro station
By AP
US President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, December 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 19, 2020, 1:29 am
Biden transition team blasts ‘abrupt halt’ in cooperation from Pentagon
US Department of Defense officials say temporary stop to meetings was a mutual decision, a claim rejected by incoming administration: ‘There’s no time to spare’
By KEVIN FREKING and Lolita C. Baldor
Prototype of the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator at a firing range in White Sands, New Mexico, March 14, 2007. (AP/Courtesy of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
October 27, 2020, 9:33 pm
Bipartisan House bill will encourage US to sell bunker buster bombs to Israel
Proposal would require DOD to consider transferring long-sought munitions capable of penetrating Iran’s underground nuclear infrastructure, but move faces considerable hurdles
By Jacob Magid and Judah Ari Gross
Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrives at the Pentagon in Washington, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
June 25, 2019, 3:54 pm
New acting Pentagon chief takes to global stage to tackle Iran crisis
After a single day on the job, Mark Esper to meet with fellow NATO defense ministers as US seeks to enlist countries to counter threats to shipping in Persian Gulf
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
Illustrative: A Border Patrol vehicle sits along the US-Mexico border wall on January 25, 2017, in San Ysidro, California. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 7:30 am
Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump’s Mexican border wall
Acting defense secretary cites law that he said gives his department authority to build fences to block drug-smuggling, after president declared national emergency
By AFP
Former US secretary of defense Harold Brown arrives at the White House to meet with president George W. Bush, January 5, 2006 (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
January 6, 2019, 5:28 am
Former US defense secretary Harold Brown dies at 91
Under Jimmy Carter, Pentagon chief led a modernization of American defense systems during turbulent period that included the Iranian hostage crisis
By Will Lester
US President Donald Trump smiles as Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) looks on during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House on October 5, 2017.(AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
December 21, 2018, 7:40 am
Jim Mattis: The ‘Mad Dog’ who for two years concealed his true thoughts on Trump
Outgoing defense secretary’s resignation letter spelled out the obvious: The president’s world view was irreconcilable with his own
By AFP
Michael Oren, Israel's deputy minister for public diplomacy, speaking at the Combating Terrorism Terrorism Technology Conference, part of the Cyber Week 2018 events in Tel Aviv; June 17 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 17, 2018, 4:34 pm
Israel needs ‘Iron Dome for diplomacy,’ deputy minister says
Michael Oren, who holds the public diplomacy portfolio, says country unprepared for diplomatic warfare, and startups present their wares as Cyber Week kicks off in Tel Aviv
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier operating a reconnaissance drone. (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)
January 22, 2018, 6:37 pm
US, Israel set up startup competition to tap into anti-terror tech
Over $200,000 in prizes will be awarded to the most promising firms, the 2 countries’ defense ministries say
By Shoshanna Solomon
Screen capture from video showing an unidentified flying object that was chased by US Navy pilots in 2014. (YouTube)
December 19, 2017, 10:39 pm
Pentagon releases video of Navy jets chasing UFO
As US Department of Defense discloses info on shadowy program, pilot recalls mysterious object that ‘accelerated like nothing I’ve ever seen’
By AFP and ToI Staff
MeMed's analyzer is a 'point of need' testing device to find out quickly whether an infection is viral or bacterial (Courtesy)
April 19, 2017, 5:10 pm
MeMed gets $9.2 million contract from US DoD arm
Funds will help develop a bedside device to help distinguish bacterial from viral infections, Israeli firm says
By Shoshanna Solomon
The main gate at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Fla., January 13, 2017. (AP/Chris O'Meara)
February 1, 2017, 1:18 am
US military botches online fight against Islamic State
Hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on program that allegedly inflates success figures to keep itself funded
By Desmond Butler and Richard Lardner
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