Tag: Qualitative Military Edge
Bipartisan bill introduced to authorize supplying Israel with bunker-buster bombs
Two pro-Israel members of Congress introduced a bipartisan bill on Friday to provide Israel bunker-buster munitions as Iran and the United States appear to be nearing an agreement in negotiations to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
Gantz seeks new understanding, in quiet way, with US on Iran
As he set off for a lightning trip to the United States on Wednesday night, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz left behind tectonic political developments in Jerusalem that will reshape the political system for years to...
Biden administration to proceed with $23 billion arms sale to UAE
The Biden administration has announced its intention to Congress to move ahead with weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, following a review of the deal struck by the Trump administration, Reuters reported on...
Netanyahu to Austin: Israel will not allow Iran to carry out goal of nuclear...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will never allow Iran to develop “nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating Israel” during a joint press conference with visiting U.S....
In call with Gantz, Austin reiterates US commitment to Israel’s military edge
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Benny Gantz, on Thursday, during which he reiterated America’s commitment to Israel’s defense.
“Great speaking with Israel’s Minister of Defense this morning. The U.S....
Report: US approves sending F-22 fighter jets to Israel
The Trump administration has reportedly approved the sale of F-22 stealth fighters to the Jewish state, according to an article last week in the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing senior sources in Israel.
The report said that U.S. Defense...
America plans to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to UAE
The U.S. State Department informally notified Congress on Thursday that it intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, announced U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.).
The deal, which must...
Israeli and American defense establishments agree on accelerated defense deliveries
Days after Benny Gantz returned to Israel from the United States to hammer out a new procurement arrangement ahead of an imminent announcement by the United States over the sale of F-35 stealth fighter...
Report: Qatar makes formal request to acquire F-35 jets
Qatar submitted a formal request in recent weeks to the United States to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
If completed, a deal could complicate or even...
Ambassador Friedman: Delivery of F-35 jets to UAE to take ‘six or seven years’
A day after Reuters reported on an emerging deal between the United States and the United Arab Emirates over the sale of the advanced F-35 fighter jets, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reassured Israelis that...