The Cold War Arms Race Redux

A look at what is already widely known if not yet broadly acknowledged

F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Israeli Air Force (Lockheed Martin)

While Iran battles Israel directly or through its proxies, another, more discreet but no less fateful war is raging throughout the region. It is a war with deep historical resonances, a war so potentially destabilizing that even the most dispassionate observers hesitate to revive its name. I…