Middle East Air Defense After Iran’s 2024 Attacks Against Israel
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel in April 2024 of over 300 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones marked one of the largest and most sophisticated aerial barrages in history. In response, a U.S.-led multinational coalition, including historic collaboration with Arab partners, helped Israel defeat Iran’s attack. Just six months later, on October 1, Iran launched a second massive attack, this time involving 200 ballistic missiles, which U.S. and Israeli forces also defeated.
These attacks, their defeat by the U.S.-led coalition, and their implications for the region’s evolving air defense architecture are the focus of JINSA’s new report, Forged Under Fire: Middle East Air Defense After Iran’s 2024 Attacks on Israel. The report assesses the historic nature of the strikes, identifies key lessons learned, and outlines critical recommendations for advancing the region’s integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) going forward.
To discuss the report, JINSA will be hosting a panel discussion with former Commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command Lt Gen (ret.) Joseph Guastella, JINSA Randi and Charles Wax Senior Fellow and report co-author John Hannah, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro.
The conversation will be moderated by JINSA Associate Director of Foreign Policy and report co-author Ari Cicurel.
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Wednesday, June 11 | 3:30PM ET |
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Lt Gen Joseph T. Guastella Lt Gen Joseph T. Guastella, Jr. was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. In support of the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force, he led the development and implementation of policy directly supporting global operations, force management, weather, training and readiness across air, space and cyber fields. He served as the Air Force Operations Deputy to the Air Force Chief of Staff. |
Amb. Daniel Shapiro Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. From 2022 to 2023, he was the Director of the N7 Initiative. In his most recent government service, Shapiro was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from 2024 to 2025, and prior to that was Senior Adviser on Regional Integration in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He is a former US ambassador to Israel, having served in that role from 2011 to 2017. |
John Hannah John Hannah is the Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. John served in senior foreign policy positions for both Democratic and Republican administrations, including as former Vice President Dick Cheney’s National Security Advisor from 2005-2009 and as Vice President Cheney’s Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East from 2001-2005. Hannah received his B.A. from Duke University, his J.D. from the Yale Law School, and did graduate work in international relations at Stanford University. |
Ari Cicurel Ari Cicurel has been Associate Director of Foreign Policy at JINSA since January 2025. His prior roles at JINSA include as Assistant Director of Foreign Policy from 2023-2025, Senior Policy Analyst from 2020-2023, and Policy Analyst from September 2018-January 2020. Ari is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he dual majored in Political Science and Judaic Studies. Ari received his Master of Arts in War Studies from King’s College London. |
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