Posted on 08/21/2006 12:37:59 AM PDT by garbageseeker
Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) is vying for its share of expected IDF orders to restock its artillery shell reserve, this after some 140,000 shells were fired during the recent war in Lebanon.
During the war the IDF placed an emergency order of artillery shells with the United States. In recent years the Defense Ministry has preferred to purchase shells using American military aid.
Until the arrival of the new 155 mm shells from the US, the army fired many old American-made shells, some of which were duds, at targets in Lebanon.
“Our production lines have had a very low output, and I hope we’ll get the order,” senior IMI Workers Committee Chairman Yitzhak Yehuda said. “This would mean 3-4 years worth of work for some 600 employees."
IMI is currently manufacturing a special protection apparatus for public buildings, mainly for schools in Israeli communities surrounding the Gaza Strip.
( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
I agree.
Can't they get some cheap stuff from China ? The Chinese sell their merchandise to just about anyone, and cheap too. Besides, 3-4 years..... I don't think that the cease-fire won't hold much longer that 3-4 months, if that.
Well, I could be wrong, but a think that a large part of that is due to the enormous (relatively) amounts of arms we give them (or allow them to purchase with the foreign aid we give them). Why use your homemade goods which might be expensive (like the Tavor rifle) when you could have relatively good-quality goods for almost free (like the M16/M4)?
It's all about quicker/faster/cheaper. Who comes to mind?
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