Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Sunday formal approval for purchasing the American F-35 Stealth fighter plane. Imminent completion of the deal has been rumored for nearly a month.
The F-35 plane in Israel "will give the Air Force the best capability in the short and long range and allow Israel to maintain aerial superiority,” he said in a statement.
The confirmation comes at the same time that Saudi Arabia and the United States are completing deals for $60 billion for more than 80 F-15 planes and more than 130 attack helicopters. Purchasing the F-35 may alleviate worries that the weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries will destroy Israel’s military advantage.
Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft, was known to be anxious over sales because of European countries’ reviews of spending programs.
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There is no price large enough that makes this deal a good one. We, the third world, hereby give up our sovereign technology to them, and become their servants for a few pence tossed our way.
ReplyDeleteThey never give them the full on tech. It's the F-35 but it's sure not to be advanced as the F-35s flown by our Air Force. Same goes with the F-15s and other tech going to the Saudis. Not to mention we have the F/A-22 which makes the F-15 obsolete as air superiority anyway.
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