Air Force F-22 Raptors fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range in March. The Air Force plans to lift the four-month grounding of the Raptor fleet, sources said. Senior Airman Brett Clashman / Air Force
EurAsian Times: Not Happy With F-35 Jets, Israel Looks To Acquire The Ultimate Dogfighter – F-22 Raptors From The US
Nowhere did Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu see that the historical normalization “Abraham Accord” it has signed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could end up in relinquishing its unparalleled military domination in the Middle East.
The normalization accord that has been brokered by US President Donald Trump and his Senior Advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner, has paved a way for UAE to now extend their hands on the much-coveted F-35 fighter jets, which had so far been exclusively supplied to Israel in the region.
However, with Israel now reluctantly giving its consent for the UAE to become the first Arab nation to have access to the fighters, Netanyahu has slyly attached a string in the name of its growing military friendship with the US—a string that might just force Trump or his successor in selling the exclusive— F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
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WNU Editor: Not going to happen.
Since the F-22 went out of production nearly 10 years ago, this story is an impossibility considering the USAF has long complained it doesn’t have enough of them.
ReplyDeleteObvious know nothing’s at that news outlet.
The reason why the USAF doesn't have enough of them is because of projects like the F-35, which is an absolute dogshit of a plane that a lot of nations got duped buying into.
ReplyDeleteLockheed definitely won big on that contract, and it is in their interest to make sure that the F-35 remains 'prominent'.
Israel not happy with their F-35's? I'd like to know about that.
ReplyDeleteF-35 was supposed to be a low cost alternative or complement to the F-22
ReplyDeleteNo, that was not a joke.
The f35 is a watered down version of the f22, which is why the US is able to export it to friendly countries.
ReplyDeleteThe f22 program may have been mothballed but the infrastructure that was built to make them still exists, ready to be assembled again in case of a major war.
I think the 2 questions that need to be asked before sharing such technology. The first is how well that country is at keeping secrets and preventing espionage.
Israel is very good at this.
Second, will this equipment be used for defense or conquest?
Israel has consistently shown its intent on expanding its territory.
Israel has also shown that it will start wars without the consent of the US.
The tooling for the f22 has been destroyed for many years. Thank the mifmgc.
ReplyDeleteAn F-22 334 mil is 3 or 4 times the cost of an F-35.
ReplyDeleteNot very watered down.
Tooling is not the same thing as technical data.
"Israel has also shown that it will start wars without the consent of the US."
ReplyDelete"Israel has consistently shown its intent on expanding its territory."
I guess the Sinai peninsula with its oil, strategic location and tourism is not territory?
What do you call the Sinai? Null space?
Israel gave up its settlements in Gaza. It pulled out in 2005. Within hours, Palestinians were firing rockets further north than before. That is when I threw in the towel.
Israel could have held the Litani river one in Lebanon. It didn't.
Why does Israel need to ask permission? So their safety can be decided by committee by people safely ensconced in luxury in Maryland who will never hear a shot fired except, if it is by a gang banger?
Maybe Israel is not more launching wars, than the Portland police are launching riots.
Get real!
https://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2018/08/pentagon-report-chinas-military-will-be.html?showComment=1535315133884#c7533351282317057489
ReplyDeleteNow, that was a decent comment.
"I'll take back the "Get Real!" comment, but not the rest of the post.
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