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Why America Stores Bombs In Israel
The Strategy Page ^ | 6/11/2010 | The Strategy Page

Posted on 06/14/2010 1:02:31 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Israel wants to buy more JDAM GPS guided bombs from the United States. Quantity was unspecified, but some of the JDAMs headed for Israel won't be owned by Israel, but by the United States. This is because, starting last year, the U.S. began storing weapons and military equipment in Israel. These emergency supplies serve a dual purpose. The primary purpose of this gear is to be quickly flown to American forces in the region in need of it. But the more likely use of this stuff is for Israeli troops, if Israel got involved in an intense war and needed rapid resupply. In this situation, the United States could simply release the ammo and spare parts to Israel. Because of this dual purpose, all the weapons and spare parts in the warehouses and bunkers are material in use by both the U.S. and Israeli forces. Currently, there's about $600 million worth of stuff in the emergency stores, and more is being added, because the plan calls for $800 million worth to be in those warehouses eventually. Israel wants that ceiling raised to $1.2 billion. The stores include JDAM bomb kits, missiles, other ammunition, spare parts, armored vehicles and electronic equipment.

Israel does not have to buy JDAM from the United States, because Israeli firms have developed similar gear. Three years ago, an Israeli firm developed a variation on the JDAM. SPICE (Stand-Off Precision Guidance Munition) is similar to U.S. JDAM kits, that turn dumb bombs into GPS guided smart bombs. But SPICE adds a camera in the nose, where you can store several digital photos of the target (a building, radar antennae, or a moving target, like a missile transporter).

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: idf; israel; jdam; militaryequipment; usmilitary

1 posted on 06/14/2010 1:02:31 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

“starting last year, the U.S. began storing weapons and military equipment in Israel”

Excuse me? That has been going on a VERY long time. If Obama could stop it, I’m sure he would.


2 posted on 06/14/2010 1:16:27 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

The Israelis requested recently another $600 million dollars worth of equipment.


3 posted on 06/14/2010 1:17:29 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "Fortes fortuna adiuvat"-Fortune Favors the Strong)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Yeah, it’s just that the casual reader could get the impression that this started under nobo!


4 posted on 06/14/2010 1:23:55 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Interesting!


5 posted on 06/14/2010 1:25:35 AM PDT by americanophile (November can't come fast enough....)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Hope to be put to good use soon......


6 posted on 06/14/2010 4:36:46 AM PDT by njslim
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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7 posted on 06/14/2010 4:41:56 AM PDT by SJackson (most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it, M Sanger)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out; sonofstrangelove

And, that is likely the intent. To lull American Jews back to sleep.


8 posted on 06/14/2010 5:23:25 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Hey, Barack "Hubris" Obama, $10 is all it would take, why spend millions to cover it up?)
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