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Israel signs deal for 14 additional U.S. F-35 warplanes

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F35 Lockhead martinIsrael has signed a contract to buy 14 additional F-35 fighter jets from the United States for about $3 billion, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

The deal, approved by an Israeli cabinet committee in November, follows Israel’s purchase in 2010 of 19 F-35s, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N).

In a statement, the ministry said an agreement to buy the 14 additional aircraft was signed over the weekend and included an option for another 17 of the planes.

Israel’s first two F-35s will arrive by the end of 2016, with deliveries scheduled to be completed by 2021, the ministry said.

The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $400 billion to develop and build 2,457 of the radar-evading aircraft over the next two decades for the U.S. military and its allies.

Israel is the top recipient of US foreign aid, received over $3.1 billion in 2014
Reuters

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7 responses to “Israel signs deal for 14 additional U.S. F-35 warplanes”

  1. doron Avatar
    doron

    that will be sufficiant..last generation of man flown machins.
    next generation will be drones and we’re pretty advanced on this field

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      That’s because the flying ability of the American planes is getting to the point where it kills the pilots if they don’t put ‘special gear’ in place to counter-act the G-forces and sudden oxygen needs caused by panic.
      ‘Advanced’ is a term of relativity.
      When they advance to robotic control, you may find your own head being scalped because it didn’t look right. :-)))))

      1. doron Avatar
        doron

        hope they ease out on the AI or we might face terminators in our life time. skynet is just around the corner it seems 🙁

        advanced in pilotless jets is ,when it comes to Israel, leading the front. Israel started working on that in the late 80’s early 90’s.
        US is second to Israel in that field and still have some milage to go before they catch up

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well I guess that’s your ‘line’ …. maybe because Israel is more ‘war-concious’ than anyone anywhere. :-))) And it won’t be my lifetime we’re worrying about here. 😉

          1. doron Avatar
            doron

            not maybe but surly .
            can you see the waste here? if everybody eased on us with security threats, we could use all that inovative power and brains we have here to better human kind’s live.
            heck , we might even be able to keep you healthy and going for a while longer 🙂
            how old are you 5th , if you don’t mind me asking?

          2. Open your eyes Avatar
            Open your eyes

            Trust me you don’t wanna know

          3. Open your eyes Avatar
            Open your eyes

            ” if everybody eased on us with security threats”

            I tend to think those threats have been a blessing in disguise. Can you imagine how lax Israel would’ve been without the threats? Hell it could’ve become like its neighbours.

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