Thread: US to purchase $700m worth of arms from Israel

Israel, United States sign record-high military aid deal

WASHINGTON – The US Congress on Friday approved the purchase of weapons and technological systems from Israel's defense industries for $700 million.

The advanced technological products will be acquired as part of the American security budget for the coming year to be used by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

United States offers Israel unprecedented $30-billion military aid package. ‘We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong Israel is in the interest of the United States,’ Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns says during signing ceremony in Jerusalem

The purchase of weapons from Israel is not part of Israel's annual defense aid from the United States, which amounts to $2.4 billion and is expected to grow in 2009 to an annual average of $ 3 billion for the following 10 years.

Only one part of the security budget – the production of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system and the research and development of other defense missiles, the cost of which is estimated at $155 million – is related to special US aid, with the American Boeing company involved in the manufacturing of parts of the Arrow missile.

The weapons and components to be purchased by the US include Lightning – a navigation and attack sensor system for combat aircraft produced by the RAFAEL Armament Development Authority.

This system replaces obsolete systems and enables US pilots in Iraq to operate both in the day and in the night under all weather conditions. The system's purchase price is estimated at $39.6 million.

This coming fresh on the cottails of yet another payola out of American taxpayers' pockets...

Israel gets US aid for anti-missile system

Israel gets US aid for anti-missile system
JERUSALEM: The United States has given Israel 155 million dollars to develop an advanced missile interception system, Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s office said in a statement on Thursday.

The money, which Congress approved on Wednesday, will help advance the development of a multi-layered anti-missile system that Barak presented to his US counterpart Robert Gates in Washington last month, the statement said.

The system, dubbed David’s Sling, is intended to counter projectiles ranging from rudimentary rockets of the sort frequently used by Gaza militants to long-range missiles like those in the arsenal of Israel’s arch foe Iran.

Israel has already successfully tested and deployed its Arrow anti-missile system, jointly developed with the United States, which is said to be able to deflect most missile strikes against the Jewish state.

Ridiculous...either they give the arms for "free" or they should lose ALL aid. Shoot if I had my way they would lose all aid either way!

So, we give them the money to build it, and then we buy it from them. Makes sense to me.....................................not.

Originally Posted by metheron

So, we give them the money to build it, and then we buy it from them. Makes sense to me.....................................not.

Thats the nice thing about friends!

For the 100th time. Israel has the milking stool, we are the cow, Bush wants war with Iran WHY?? They manipulate like the fools we are.

Originally Posted by Crestwood33

For the 100th time. Israel has the milking stool, we are the cow, Bush wants war with Iran WHY?? They manipulate like the fools we are.

I think we're coming to the point where we're all out of milk and its off to the slaughterhouse if we don't put an end to this nonsense now.

Originally Posted by Defensor

I think we're coming to the point where we're all out of milk and its off to the slaughterhouse if we don't put an end to this nonsense now.

..............AGREE. In my liftime we were the leaders in ALL cutting edge armament as well as world leaders in just about every area...

Originally Posted by Crestwood33

..............AGREE. In my liftime we were the leaders in ALL cutting edge armament as well as world leaders in just about every area...

What's more, once we've finished paying for all this crap, Israel turns around and sells our military technology to Red China...

Originally Posted by Defensor

Israel, United States sign record-high military aid deal

:waving: An example of how far this country has fallen I am certain our enemies are laughing their asses off "STOOOPID AMERICANS", anyone here old enough to remember when that would have been unheard off or even in anyones wildest dreams.or nightmares?