Image: An Arrow 2 missile test. Photo: AP [file]From The Jerusalem Post:
The United States has told Israel that it will provide the full funding for the development and production of the Arrow 3 ballistic, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
The US decision was revealed Wednesday during a session of the Strategic Dialogue that Ministry of Defense Dir.-Gen. Pinchas Buhris held with his US counterparts in Washington DC. The dialogue is held annually but is the first meeting of senior Israeli defense officials with the Obama administration's new staff at the Pentagon.
Israel has been concerned that the US - which has supported the Arrow project since its inception over 20 years ago - would stop the funding due to major cuts made to the US defense budget by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The development costs for the coming year will likely reach some $100 million.
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My Comment: This is a surprise.
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