The US State Department, headed by Marco Rubio, has officially informed its plans to sell Israeli bombs worth $ 7.4 billion of bombs and missiles with delivery operations that begin later this year and is scheduled to be completed in 2028.
The large weapons package is divided into two different deals, with the largest part (6.75 billion dollars) including a variety of weapons: 166 130 kilograms of grenade guided bomb (SDB), 2,800 230 kilograms of air-to-air bomber (MK-82) and thousands of bomb groups The guidance, which turns regular bombs into GPS guided bombs, is accurate in all weather conditions. The package also includes grenade components and additional support equipment.
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The second part of the deal with a value of $ 660 million is 3000 helllfire missiles. 50 kg missiles are designed to hit shields, radars and other targets accurately. Hello, Hellfire, has gained the reputation of the “Ninja Bomb” R9X version, in which the United States killed a number of higher figures, including the leader of the Iranian -supporting Iraqi militia “Hezbollah”, Abu Baqara Al -Saadi, in February 2024, in February 2024, Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al -Zawahiri In 2022, the Commander of the Jerusalem Force in the Revolutionary Guards, Qasim Solimani in 2020, and Jamal Al -Badawi in 2019, after planning a attack against USS Cole warships in 2000 in Yemen.
The Biden Administration started to promote informally for the package sales last month. The expected main deal follows President Donald Trump’s decision to end the freezing of his administration on heavy weapons, including 1,800 MK-84 bomb, which weighs about 900 kg. These heavy bombs are effective for large -scale attacks, and because of their weight, they penetrate greatly.
The unit price is estimated at about 10,000-25,000 dollars. Since the outbreak of the war, the United States has provided Israel with more than 10,000 MK-84 bomb. The Watson Institute at the University of Brown found that in the first year of the war alone, Israel was provided with 14100 MK-84. During this period, the United States also presented Israel with, among other things, 57,000 155 mm shells, 20,000 M4A1 rifles, and 13,981 anti -tank missiles.
It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – on February 9, 2025.
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