I - On Defense Podcast
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Episodes
329 episodes
353: Top Hamas Leader Killed by IDF Tank Fire + US Strikes Houthi Targets with B-2 Bombers + North Korea Destroys Border Road and Rail Lines Connecting to South
For review:1. Top Hamas Leader Killed by IDF Tank Fire.Israel on Thursday night announced that IDF troops had killed Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.. A force from the 828th Bislamach Brigade killed Sinwar and the other two terr...
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Episode 353
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352: Israel Defense Minister on Iran Strike: Targets Are Clear - It's a Matter of Time + Iranian Foreign Minister: Iran Will Respond + Latest US Security Assistance Package to Ukraine + Armor Not Dead: Netherlands to Build Tank Battalion + More
For review:1. Israeli Defense Minister on Iran Strike: Targets Are Clear - It's a Matter of Time.Israel has described its general attack plans to the US but has yet to give an update on specific targets- however, “the targets could also...
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Episode 352
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351: Israel PM & French President Discuss Lebanon Ceasefire + N. Korean Soldiers Supporting Russian Fight in Ukraine? + France to Increase Defense Spending in 2025 + US Army to Develop Hypervelocity Air Defense Cannon + More
For review:1. Israel PM & French President Discuss Lebanon Ceasefire.The two leaders spoke by phone, with PM Netanyahu telling the French President he was opposed to agreeing to a “unilateral ceasefire” in Lebanon, according t...
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Episode 351
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350: Defence Media Awards '24 + Israel PM Netanyahu - UNIFIL Forces Must Leave Danger Zone + UNIFIL Chief - Peacekeepers Stay + US Sends THAAD Battery and Troops to Israel + More
For review:1. 2024 Defence Media Awards held in Washington D.C.. Congratulations to all Nominees & Winners (and those not Nominated as well).2. Israel PM Netanyahu - UNIFIL Forces Must Leave Danger Zone.Addressing UN Secre...
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Episode 350
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349: IDF Ground Offensive in S. Lebanon Finds Stored Weapons + Presidents of Russia & Iran Meet in Turkmenistan + Rafael Lite Beam 10kw Laser Air Defense System + More
For review:1. No Israeli response to Iran. Discussions and coordination with US continues.Among the challenges of an aggressive response is the potential for tit-for-tat strikes that will draw in other Middle Eastern countries. Tehran h...
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Episode 349
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348: President Biden & PM Netanyahu Discuss Response to Iranian Missile Attack + France to Provide Ukraine Mirage Warplanes in 2025 + Royal Thai Army Pilots Fly Boeing AH-6 Little Birds in Arizona + More
For review:1. President Biden & PM Netanyahu Discuss Response to Iranian Missile Attack.PM Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Biden on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 50 days, as Jerusalem aims to coordinate with W...
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Episode 348
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347: IDF Combat Data from One Year of War + Iran Denies Quds Force Commander Missing From Beirut Strike + Netherlands: Ukraine F-16s Can Strike Targets in Russia + Sweden & NATO Operations in 2025 + More
For review:1. US Navy identifies vessels with faulty welds in Secretary of Navy letter to HASC & SASC. The impacted ships include the aircraft carrier George Washington and the brand-new attack submarines Hyman G. Rickover and New Jerse...
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Episode 347
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346: No Contact with Hezbollah Chief After Beirut Strike - No Statement from Hezbollah + US CENTCOM Commander in Israel to Discuss Response to Iran Attack + France Orders Uncrewed Deep Sea Vehicles + Ireland to Increase 2025 Defense Budget + More
For review:1. No Contact with Hezbollah Chief After Beirut Strike - No Statement from Hezbollah.2. IDF says response to Iranian missile attack will be "serious and significant."3. US CENTCOM Commander in Israel to Discuss Response t...
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Episode 346
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345: IDF Targets New Hezbollah Chief in Beirut Strike - Status Unknown + IDF Reveals Hamas Senior Leader Eliminated During July Airstrike + Queensland Australia 155mm Munition Plant + More
For review:1. IDF Targets New Hezbollah Chief in Beirut Strike - Status Unknown.Hezbollah Leader Hashem Safieddine was meeting with other senior Hezbollah leaders in an underground bunker during the IDF strike. It remains unclear ...
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Episode 345
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344: Iran Targets Israel With More Than 180 Missiles - PM Netanyahu Reaction: "Big Mistake" + IDF Cross-Border Raids into S. Lebanon + US Destroyers Intercept Iranian Missiles + New NATO Secretary General + More
For review:1. Iran Targets Israel With More Than 180 Missiles - PM Netanyahu Reaction: "Big Mistake".At a security cabinet meeting in the aftermath of the attack, PM Netanyahu warned that Tehran had made a “big mistake tonight” an...
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Episode 344
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343: Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Confirmed Dead in Friday's Beirut Strike + Reactions to Hezbollah Leader's Death + US Foreign Military Sales : Australia; Egypt; & Bulgaria
For review:(Episode mostly dedicated to the IDF strike that killed the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah.)1. US Foreign Military Sales:- Australia: 100 x Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range and related equipment f...
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Episode 343
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342: IDF Targets Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut Strike - Status Unknown + US to End CJTF Joint Resolve Mission in Iraq by 2025 + Chinese Nuclear Submarine Sinks at Pier + USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft Competition + More
For review:1. IDF Targets Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut Strike - Status Unknown.- A US official told The Times of Israel that Israel notified the US about the airstrike after planes were already in the air and the operatio...
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Episode 342
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341: IDF Prepares for Ground Combat in S. Lebanon - France Proposes 21-Day Ceasefire at UN + US Security Package to Ukraine worth $375 Million + Northrup Selected to Build Hypersonic Glide Interceptor + More
For review:1. US Congress passes Continuing Resolution (CR) for continued Federal Government funding.The CR now makes its way to the White House, which has indicated that the President will sign the bill well in advance of the 30 Sep de...
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Episode 341
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340: IDF Pounds Hezbollah Rocket & Missiles Sites in S. Lebanon + US Carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Departs Norfolk for CENTCOM AOR + Australia Repurposes Armored Unit into Experimental Force + More
For review:1. IDF Pounds Hezbollah Rocket & Missiles Sites in S. Lebanon.The IDF said it struck some 1,600 targets across Lebanon on Monday, including many homes it said housed weapons directly threatening Israel.2. Monday IDF a...
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Episode 340
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339: IDF Strikes Hezbollah's Radwan Force Leadership + Iraq to Procure Medium-Range Air Defense Systems + Armor Not Dead: UK Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank + More
For review:1. IDF Strikes Hezbollah's Radwan Force Leadership.The Israel Defense Forces confirmed Saturday that it had eliminated many of the top commanders of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in the Friday strike in Beirut.2. I...
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Episode 339
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338: Pager & Hand-Held Radio Explosions in Lebanon - Iranian Ambassador Wounded + Sweden Increases Defense Spending to 2.4% GDP in '25 + Italy Procuring More F-35 Warplanes + USAF B-21 Raider Program Progressing Well + More
For review:1. Israeli Defense Minister tells US Envoy that only "military action" can restore security and return residents to the border region.2. Pager & Hand-Held Radio Explosions in Lebanon - Iranian Ambassador Wounded.Thous...
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Episode 338
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337: Israel PM - Large Scale Confrontation with Hezbollah in Future + Houthi Rebels Claim Downing of MQ-9 Reaper + US Navy Contracts Construction of John Lewis-Class Oilers + US Army Orders Bradley A4 IFVs + More
For review:1. US Foreign Military Sales:- Japan: KC-46A Refueling aircraft.- Israel: Heavy Duty Tank Trailers. 2. Houthi Rebels Claim Downing of MQ-9 Reaper.The U.S. military said it was aware of the Houthis' claimed do...
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Episode 337
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336: IDF Tunnel Warfare in Khan Younis + US Secretary of the Navy Violates Hatch Act + US Foreign Military Sale of F-35As to Romania + More
For review:1. US Secretary of the Navy Violates Hatch Act.Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has apologized for comments he made to British reporters in January that the Office of the Special Trial Counsel found violated a US law tha...
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Episode 336
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335: IDF Reports 13 kilometers of Tunnels Destroyed in Rafah + US Carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Departs CENTCOM AOR + Armor Not Dead: Rheinmetall Tank Destroyer Concept + More
For review:1. US Carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Departs CENTCOM AOR.The Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is heading back home eight months into its deployment, Pentagon officials announced on Thursday.2. IDF Rep...
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Episode 335
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334: Israel Defense Minister - Hamas as Military Formation is Gone + German Chancellor Calls for Peace Efforts in Ukraine + Netherlands Defense Modernization + Iran Provides Russia with Close-Range Missiles + More
For review:1. Israel Defense Minister - Hamas as Military Formation is Gone.Hamas is no longer an organized military force in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s 11-month ongoing military campaign, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told for...
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Episode 334
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333: Israel - Hamas Hostage Deal Remote + Germany to Provide 155mm Howitzers to Ukraine + Poland Offered Boeing CH-47F Block II Chinooks + More
For review:1. Israel - Hamas Hostage Deal Remote. The chances of a phased hostage-ceasefire agreement being achieved on the basis of Israel’s May proposal are “close to zero” and there is “very broad pessimism” among the Israeli ne...
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Episode 333
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332: Egypt's Army Chief of Staff Visits Gaza Border + IDF Infantry Brigade Prepares for Combat in North + Latest US Security Assistance to Ukraine + FY25 Defense Budget Update + More
For review:1. Egypt's Army Chief of Staff Visits Gaza Border.Egypt’s army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa made a surprise visit on Thursday to the country’s border with the Gaza Strip to inspect the security situation.
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Episode 332
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331: Israel PM - IDF Potentially Off Philadelphi Corridor in Phase 2 but Not Without Security Arrangements + Slovakia to Procure Barak MX Air Defense Systems + US Army IVAS Update + More
For review:1. Israel PM - IDF Potentially Off Philadelphi Corridor in Phase 2 but Not Without Security Arrangements.PM Netanyahu: “The conditions that we shall have for a permanent ceasefire must include a situation where the Philadelph...
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Episode 331
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330: Israeli PM Makes Case for Maintaining IDF Presence on Philadelphi Corridor + UN Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Mandate in Lebanon + UK's Symbolic Sanction of Arms to Israel + More
For review:1. US White House reports that new Hostage Deal has Israel mvoing off populated areas of the Philadelphi Corridor.White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby: “The deal itself, including the bridging proposa...
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Episode 330
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329: IDF Recovers Bodies of Six Hostages Murdered by Hamas + Ukraine President Fires Senior Air Force Commander + Lithuania to Modernize Soldier Weapons & Equipment + More
For review:1. According to final investigation report, the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in May 2024, was caused by bad weather.The main cause of the helicopter crash was the “complex climatic and atmosphe...
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Episode 329
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