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29th October 2014, 09:10 AM
Are you mad yet?...........you should be.
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Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:30PM GMT
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US ignores calls to rein in Israel‘US committed to repressive regimes’The United States has agreed to sell Israel 25 more stealth fighter jets, bringing to 44 the total number of F-35s the regime has ordered.
The deal was reached after an order was placed by Moshe Ya'alon, the Israeli minister of military affairs, at a meeting with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Washington last week, reports said on Tuesday.
Israeli media said the deal was finalized "in recent days."
In 2010, Tel Aviv bought the first batch, 19 F-35s manufactured by US defense contractor Lockheed Martin, for $2.75 billion.
The 25 new jets are part of the options -- included in the 2010 deal – that allow the Israelis to purchase up to 75 planes.
The delivery of the first batch of the jets will start at the end of 2016 and will continue to 2018.
A US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that Tel Aviv hoped to purchase 31 instead of 25 F-35s and could increase the order if Washington reduces the price.
During the latest offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip in summer, Tel Aviv used the fighter jets to kill a large number of Palestinians and destroy thousands of homes.
Washington pays Tel Aviv $3 billion a year in military aid.
In June, the engine of a Lockheed Martin’s F-35 caught fire forcing the commanders to ground the fleet to solve the problem.
The incident made US officials to cancel plans to send the F-35 to fly at Britain's Farnborough International Airshow in July.
Pentagon says its technicians are dealing with the matter by carrying out repairs in the test fleet.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/28/383978/us-agrees-to-sell-israel-25-f35-jets/
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Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:30PM GMT
28367 26 Share | Email | Print
Related Interviews:
US ignores calls to rein in Israel‘US committed to repressive regimes’The United States has agreed to sell Israel 25 more stealth fighter jets, bringing to 44 the total number of F-35s the regime has ordered.
The deal was reached after an order was placed by Moshe Ya'alon, the Israeli minister of military affairs, at a meeting with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Washington last week, reports said on Tuesday.
Israeli media said the deal was finalized "in recent days."
In 2010, Tel Aviv bought the first batch, 19 F-35s manufactured by US defense contractor Lockheed Martin, for $2.75 billion.
The 25 new jets are part of the options -- included in the 2010 deal – that allow the Israelis to purchase up to 75 planes.
The delivery of the first batch of the jets will start at the end of 2016 and will continue to 2018.
A US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that Tel Aviv hoped to purchase 31 instead of 25 F-35s and could increase the order if Washington reduces the price.
During the latest offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip in summer, Tel Aviv used the fighter jets to kill a large number of Palestinians and destroy thousands of homes.
Washington pays Tel Aviv $3 billion a year in military aid.
In June, the engine of a Lockheed Martin’s F-35 caught fire forcing the commanders to ground the fleet to solve the problem.
The incident made US officials to cancel plans to send the F-35 to fly at Britain's Farnborough International Airshow in July.
Pentagon says its technicians are dealing with the matter by carrying out repairs in the test fleet.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/28/383978/us-agrees-to-sell-israel-25-f35-jets/