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Universal Newsreel about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy ...
Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. - Amir Cohen/Reuters
During the Six-Day War, the military cooperation with France ceased (the French Weapons Embargo of 1967) and Israel began to rely on American weaponry and on local research and development. During the 1980s and 1990s, the IDF increased its supplies of American arms , armor and aircraft , aiming for technological superiority over Arab countries ...
Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the ...
Israel has refused calls for de-escalation, such as a 21-day ceasefire plan presented by France and the US, with Benjamin Netanyahu saying the strikes will continue "with full force" until the new war aim of returning residents of Israel to the north is met. [2] 23 September: Israel conducted mass airstrikes, a major escalation of the conflict ...
In the weeks after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, Israel worked to counter missile strikes from Hamas and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The latter possesses an Iran-supplied arsenal of GPS-guided munitions ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2024) Iron Dome Iron Dome launches interceptor, 2021 Type Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) and short range air defence system Place of origin Israel Service ...
Falling Leaves was an improvised ballistic missile early warning system of the United States Air Force.It was set up during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and networked 3 existing U.S. radars—2 Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS) radars and an Aircraft Control and Warning general surveillance radar which was modified by Sperry Corporation to 1,500 mi (2,400 km) range, allowing ...