Thats my understanding as well, just about the first thing Israel does when it gets a new weapon is reverse engineer it so it can build it’s own if needed.
The best exsmple of this is the Kfir fighter-bomber. Much improved reverse engineered Mirage III that the Israelis put into production after the French threw on an arms embargo.
The Israelis have a lot of nifty in house developed weapons. Popeye and Delilah standoff precision missiles. I’m positive that they have either a reverse engineered Hellfire, or some other missile in the same class, all set and ready to go.
“The best exsmple of this is the Kfir fighter-bomber. “
Actually, that was stolen. The Israelis sold an advanced electronic design system to the French and then set up a French company to covert the Mirage’s drawings to electronic copies. In the process they copied the drawings. Then, they set about fixing the Mirage’s inherent flaws. They then attempted to sell the fixes to the French who said no, and continued to produce a flawed design. It was made into an awesome movie, the title of which escapes me at the moment. Perhaps someone with a better memory can recall?