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| StrategyPage: No F-35 (For Israel) Because of China Connection |
| 2005-04-18 |
| April 15, 2005: The US has blocked Israel from working on development of components for the new F-35 fighter-bomber, because it is feared these new technologies will be leaked to China. This has happened often in the past, at least according to American intelligence agencies. The Israelis deny everything, but have been helping China with obtaining new military technologies. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #7 Keep an eye open; there's sure to be spying going on. Tip: Be real suspicious if there's a recommendation from a 'Jonathan J. Pollard' on a candidate's resume. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-04-18 7:29:53 PM |
| #6 A dependable ally? A pain in the as client is more like it. I don't know what they've done for us If we find, during a war over Taiwan, that Israeli technology helped kill American servicemen, they can kiss their aid package goodbye. Tell that to the dead from the U. S. S. Liberty. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-18 1:15:50 PM |
| #5 B@st@ards. They are still our only dependable ally in the Mid East, but this is the pits. If we find, during a war over Taiwan, that Israeli technology helped kill American servicemen, they can kiss their aid package goodbye. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-04-18 12:40:40 PM |
| #4 It's how they try to pay for their heavy defense expenses, .com. They did it with the Lavi fighter too ... made mostly with US tech, Congress finally overroad State Dept and killed that one as an Israeli plane for the IDF, but later they xfered the tech to China. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-04-18 11:02:57 AM |
| #3 Of course, Israel could help hide those kill switches for us. Jokes aside I'll add, however, that transferring tech received from the US, gratis (but even if they paid for it), to defend them really really pisses me off. They're not stupid and self-defeating, as are their enemies, so this has never made sense to me. Even given some unmitigated greed factor, I believe that nobody in the Israeli defense industry could transfer the good stuff without Govt knowledge - it's just too small of a group & territory for the Mossad to be fooled for more than a minute. Makes. No. Sense. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-18 11:00:59 AM |
| #2 no French either! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-18 10:52:22 AM |
| #1 Keep an eye open; there's sure to be spying going on. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-18 10:24:00 AM |