Posted on 02/10/2016 10:41:10 PM PST by Olog-hai
Pentagon documents released on Tuesday indicate that the 2017 budget requests of the US Defense Department include a total of $145.8 million for Israeli missile defense programs, a sharp drop in financial support amid a standoff over American military aid.
The aid, meant for Israel's missile interceptor programs including the short-range Iron Dome, medium-range David's Sling and Arrow ballistic missile interceptor, includes far lower figures than those recorded the year before in 2016, reports Reuters.
A total of $103.8 million for Israeli cooperative programs was listed in the 2017 budget request, in a serious cut from $267.7 million in 2016. The funding for Iron Dome also dropped from $55 million in 2016 to $42 million in 2017.
The budget forecast shows that over the next five years the US intends to spend $540 million on cooperative programs, but the funding for Iron Dome is to end after the $42 million in 2017. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
At the rate we’re going, the US won’t even be a nation in 30 years.
Israel though, has God’s Promises.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not unexpected.
US missile systems are a decade behind. We need Israels help.
If the US would eliminate ALL military funding to middle eastern nations including Israel it would be a huge ner gain to Israel. We ship far more money and weapons systems to Israels enemies than we give to Israel. Israel however is the only nation that co-develops weapons with us.Israli technology is a real tangible boon to our weapons industry.
Typical Obama, anything that helps the US he will destroy.
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