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October 14, 2009
A prayer for David's Israel
The Flea's implacable commitment to republishing material that is even more of a downer than I manage on my own means I cannot ignore Fenris' "So long, Israel" much as it pains me (via Blazing Cat Fur).
Not so fast, suggests commenter Nancy.
Pray she is right, by all means. And by "pray" I mean stand up and do something.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 14, 2009 03:03 AM
Comments
It's a legend that Israel fights exclusively with US supplied weapons. They do in fact have an extremely well regarded defense industry (think UZI SMGs and Galil assault rifles, Merkava MBTs and Kfir fighter jets) It might be true that their current aircraft are almost all US origin, the Israelis certainly have the manufacturing capability to keep those airframes running for a long time.
In fact, I wouldn't want to bet against an Israeli pilot in a F-15I vs. a US pilot in an F-15E.
Also, Israel is receiving ~100 F-35 fighters inthe next few years and is aggressively lobbying (along with LockMar, Australia and Japan) to get approval to buy an "export" version of the F-22 which will allow the line to stay open and keep some congesscritter's constituents employed.
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