Posted on 10/08/2010 9:32:44 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Israel's purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters, the world's most advanced combat jets, significantly enhances the Jewish state's ability to defend itself "by itself," in the words of U.N. Ambassador Michael Oren.
His comment following Thursday's contract signing in New York, is a clear reference to possible conflict with Iran, against whose nuclear installations Israel has threatened to launch pre-emptive strikes.
However, Israel is unlikely to take delivery of the first of the fifth- generation fighters until 2015 at the earliest, with completion scheduled for 2017.
That should rule the F-35s out of any long-range mission against Iran for at least four years, by which time the Tehran regime may already have developed a nuclear weapon.
The $2.75 billion contract was signed by the director-general of Israel's Defense Ministry, retired Maj. Gen. Ehud Shani, and the Deputy Undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force Heidi Honecker Grant after several years of tortuous negotiations.
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Iran can be their project.
seems like obama would have stopped this
seems like obama would have stopped this
One way or another, I suspect we may have paid for them.
seems like obama would have stopped this
It sure does. Maybe there was some pre-0bama agreement.
If Obama gave a d*mn and had any stones, we’d lend them to Israel - complete with pilots and support.
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