Zitat:U.S. DENIES ADVANCED HELLFIRE TO ISRAEL


TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The United States has rejected an Israeli request for an advanced airborne munition.

Israeli sources said the Bush administration has withheld approval for an Israeli request for the sale of advanced versions of the Hellfire anti-tank missile. The sources said the models were deployed on U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters during the war in Iraq in 2003.

The models sought by Israel are the L, M and N models of the Hellfire. Israel has been supplied with earlier versions of the missile.

The Israel Air Force has sought to procure the latest models of the Hellfire as part of preparations for the arrival of new Apache Longbow helicopters. The L, M and N models, with a millimeter wave fire-and-forget guidance system, were regarded as having performed extremely well in Iraq in urban warfare as well as anti-armor operations.

Zitat:Israel leads in missile protection

Israel Military Industries (IMI) has developed an invisible flare for use by its Flight Guard protection system for civilian aircraft. The Flight Guard system, developed jointly by IMI and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), will soon be installed on six El Al Israel Airlines passenger aircraft, making El Al the world's first airline to operate aircraft equipped with a defence system against shoulder-launched missiles.

Flight Guard is undergoing a series of flight tests, where the system is checked against the infrared seekers of several surface-to-air missiles. The tests will be concluded in August and the first system is scheduled to be installed in an El Al aircraft in September.
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Zitat:Israel beats German navy in sub war game

Aug 29, 2004, 03:01 |


In a rare revelation of war games between Israel and one of its allies, a newspaper reported over the weekend that an Israeli submarine engaged in a mock underwater battle with a German rival and won.

According to Yediot Ahronot, the war game took place last week, lasted "a few hours" and involved depths of hundreds of meters. The Dolphin-class submarine "Tekuma" succeeded in tailing the German vessel. She followed the German submarine at a safe distance without being detected until the end of the exercise, the report said.

Zitat:Israel - Troop Carrier Armored Vehicles

On 7 September 2004, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of troop carrier armored vehicles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $99 million.

The Government of Israel has requested a possible sale of 103 Textron troop carrier armored vehicles, testing, spare and repair parts, support equipment, contractor engineering and technical support, and other related elements of program support. The estimated cost is $99 million.
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Zitat:JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States plans to sell Israel $139 million worth of air-launched bombs, including 500 "bunker busters" able to penetrate Iran's underground nuclear facilities, Israeli security sources said on Tuesday.

The Haaretz newspaper quoted a Pentagon report as saying the planned procurement sought "to maintain Israel's qualitative advantage and advance U.S. strategic and tactical interests."

The U.S. embassy in Israel had no comment, referring queries to Washington. Israel's Defense Ministry also declined comment.

But a senior Israeli security source who confirmed the Haaretz story told Reuters: "This is not the sort of ordnance needed for the Palestinian front. Bunker busters could serve Israel against Iran, or possibly Syria."
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Zitat:U.S. to sell Israel 5,000 smart bombs

By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service

The United States will sell Israel 5,000 smart bombs for $319 million, according to a report made to Congress a few weeks ago.

The funding will come from the U.S. military aid to Israel, and the bombs range from airborne versions, guidance units, training bombs and detonators. The bombs are guided by satellite, in a system already in the Israel Defense Forces arsenal. The guidance unit receives a signal from a satellite, correcting the bomb's course to the target.

The Pentagon told Congress that the bombs are meant to maintain Israel's
qualitative advantage, and advance U.S. strategic and tactical interests.

Among the bombs the air force will get are 500 one-ton bunker busters that can penetrate two-meter-thick cement walls; 2,500 regular one-ton bombs; 1,000 half-ton bombs; and 500 quarter-ton bombs.

Zitat:mbmn hat israel die best trainierteste, motiviteste und in höchster bereitschaft stehendste reserve der welt. selbst die us-national garde kommt da nicht ran.

Zitat:Stattdessen verdienen jetzt die Amerikaner mit unserem Produkt, welch Ironie