Obama Administration Continues to Supply Israel with Advanced Weapons

Barry Rubin
The Rubin Report
03 May '10

(As Barry Rubin states, there have been claims made concerning the withholding of strategic or advanced weaponry by the U.S. to pressure Israel. He clearly disagrees. JINSA has made the case that what is occurring is the removal of the QME of Israel, particularly with the sale of equipment to Egypt which would seem to only be directed against Israel. An example would be anti-tank missiles of a grade that would need to be used in battle against only one regional army. Y.)

I have repeatedly pointed out that as of now the Obama Administration has never put any material pressure on Israel. There are wild rumors and irresponsible materials floating around to the contrary. They aren’t true.

As proof, for example, take the article by Barbara Opall-Rome in Defense News, May 3, 2010, “U.S. Backs Israeli Munitions Upgrades.” She writes of “ever-expanding bilateral security ties unharmed by the unusually high-profile political rift” that took place temporarily.

In fact, the United States is equipping Israel with GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs for its F-15I fighter-bombers and this will be followed by the same system on F-16I planes. These 250-pound bombs are called bunker busters because they are smart bombs that will go through more than six feet of reinforced concrete.

In addition, Israel has equipped F-15Is to carry the 5,000-pound-class GBU-28 Hard Target Penetrator, designed to burrow 100 feet into earth or 20 feet into concrete.

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