Just a little aid, click here to see how little according to the BBCNow we see a long-term commitment to provide a little US military aid to Israel.
The US has given Israel more military aid than any other country in
the world - currently around $4bn a year - and its laws on arms sales
require that Israel always maintains military superiority in the Middle
East.
Israel has praised the Lockheed Martin F-35 as a "game-changer".
This
may not even be its first use by Israel. Its military is often quiet
about its operations and there were reports that the stealth fighter had
been used operationally as early as January last year.
Last year, Defence Secretary James Mattis
had to defend the programme after then President-elect Donald Trump
tweeted criticising its huge price, said to be close to $100m (£74m) per
plane.
The US has
certainly put a lot of faith in a programme that is expected to run
through to 2070 and is projected to cost $1.5tn by then. [That is one and a half TRILLION US dollars]
Israel, the first country outside the US to acquire the single-seat
fighter, has received nine of the 50 F-35s it has so far ordered, and
could take up to 75.
Let's see . . . 75 times 100 Million USD per aircraft comes to 7.5 Billion USD just for these F-35s. Now then, that is a little aid, I'd say, but guess who pays for it. YOU!
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