On Tuesday, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. and UN, Gilad Erdan, said that the media building destroyed by one of Israel's air strikes during the recent conflict with Hamas, was being used by the militant group in attempts to undermine Israel's Iron Dome system. While Israel hasn't released any public evidence to confirm this, the government is holding steady to their claims.
On Wednesday, the second of four Sa'ar 6 missile corvettes that are to be handed over to the Israel Navy docked at Haifa Port. The arrival of the ship signifies a huge milestone in Israel's defense of its territorial water and offshore energy resources.
Also on Wednesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to discuss the priorities for missile defense in President Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. The Biden Administration is planning to conduct a new Missile Defense Review, which will focus on emerging and ongoing threats from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
The Russian press agency TASS reported on Wednesday that the Russian Navy is set to receive two of the latest Karakurt-class corvettes armed with Pantsir-M air defense this year. This move comes in an effort to expand Russia's Black Sea Fleet, specifically with stealth technologies.
On Friday, it was reported the Chinese People's Liberation Army had been conducting consistent live-fire nighttime military exercises that went past midnight. The exercises feature DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missiles, notably nicknamed the 'Guam Killer' since it boasts a range that could strike Guam, a valuable U.S. territory in the Pacific.
On Monday, an annual report published by The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, scholars estimated that North Korea now possesses between 40 and 50 nuclear weapons, a higher figure than the 30 or 40 that most people believed them to have. While there is currently no public confirmation or evidence of this estimation being correct, it should not go unnoticed from the international community.
Yemen's Information Minister criticized the Houthi militia's use of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to target neighborhoods and forcibly displace civilians into camps on Saturday. Between January 1 and June 10, the militia has launched 12 drones, 3 Katyusha rockets, 6 projectiles, and 7 explosives into Marib, threatening millions of people in the area.
