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| Much Of Washington's Iron Dome Aid To Be Spent In US |
| 2014-05-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] The Israeli government will spend more than half the money provided by the US for the Iron Dome anti-missile system in the US. Israel will pay US contractors some 30 percent of the $176 million allocated for the Israeli-built missile interception system for the coming fiscal year and 55 percent for the next year, up from 3 percent, Bloomberg News reported, citing a US Missile Defense Agency report to Congress. "Under this agreement, the United States focus shifts toward maximizing economic activity in the United States while ensuring that Israel's security needs are met," the missile defense agency said in the April 2 report, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. "This new agreement strikes a better balance for both parties and should serve as a model for the future." Congress has approved $703 million since 2011 for Israel to spend on Iron Dome. The agreement with Israel includes a provision which would allow production of a part to revert to Haifa-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd if the US price is five percent higher than what it would cost to produce in Israel. The first contracts are expected to be awarded in July. Iron Dome intercepted about 400 or 85 percent of the rockets fired at Israel from Gazoo during eight days of fighting in 2012. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Angelou: The ebony fighter awakens, dabbled with the dewy beads of morn. It is a mach-5 child, forever bound to suckle from the shriveled breast of congress. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-31 18:04 |
| #6 The bonus for killing grunts grew. I see it now. Our votes and our money turning and turning against us. The cops have turned, turning against us. Sancho, my lance! Mind the windmills! // Dusty Springfield Hemingway The mind is a terrible thing. What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind. // Dan Quayle |
| Posted by: Snusort Spomose2148 2014-05-31 17:50 |
| #5 I like a Vietnamese one that's all blended together. Also, the first commenter needs writing lessons; our own version of Hemingway is an improvement over that clown. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-31 15:09 |
| #4 Not Folgers. "Well, there's this really good instant Vietnamese coffee that comes in an envelope with little separate packets of coffee, creamer, sugar, and coffee..." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-31 12:59 |
| #3 And buy Folgers. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-31 08:46 |
| #2 WAKE UP SHEEEEEPLE! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-31 08:45 |
| #1 Will the bonus for killing American soldiers be less for the VA now? Picture that paid by and protected by the very people that protect the country! Wonder if all that MONEY spent can help put down the enemy within? Think law enforcement can find the guilty killing US soldiers in country yet and bring them to JUST ICE! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Whulet Shavins7256 2014-05-31 07:29 |