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The Wall Street Journal

Will Washington Learn from Israel’s Strikes?

Unlike the mullahs in Tehran, we know what’s coming from our adversaries.

Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer via Getty Images)
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer via Getty Images)

Israel stunned the world last year with a sabotage operation targeting Hezbollah’s pagers. On Friday it accomplished a similar feat as it struck the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program (“Israel’s Nuclear Good Deed,” Review & Outlook, June 14). Mossad agents reportedly prepositioned drones within Iran that eliminated its air defenses and missile launchers. While Americans are beneficiaries of these operations today, we could be vulnerable to such tactics from our adversaries tomorrow.

Chinese Communist Party-controlled entities have infiltrated the U.S. and now enjoy multiple access points to critical infrastructure. Local law-enforcement agencies rely on drones designed and manufactured by DJI, a Chinese company with links to the People’s Liberation Army. Washington has warned that DJI drones provide data about our infrastructure to Beijing. Chinese companies, like Huawei and Sungrow, account for a significant portion of U.S. solar inverters, which allow solar power to support the grid. This dependency allows Beijing to target towns and cities throughout America, as well as data centers powering AI. Our ports are also dominated by ZPMC cranes embedded with Communist Party-controlled software.

Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal.