U.S. Decreases Missile Funding To Israel

Photo: Arrow 3. IDF Photo

Obama Budget Decreases Missile Funding To Israel -- Washington Beacon

Missile system critical to protecting against Iranian threat.

For the second straight year, President Obama is seeking to decrease funding to joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs.

Tucked within Obama’s 2013 budget proposal is a request to reduce the amount of money Israel receives for its critical missile defense systems by $6.3 million relative to the 2012 budget proposal. Among these defense systems are Arrow and David’s Sling, both of which are jointly operated with the U.S.

Publicly, the president has referred to himself as a stalwart champion of the U.S.-Israel military alliance. But administration efforts to reduce the amount of missile defense aid that Israel receives appear to be a growing trend in the president’s budget proposals.

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My Comment: What is happening here is obvious. Washington cannot cut the program completely because the optics would look bad .... hence .... kill it through increments. But the program will still become operational this year.