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| Israel cuts off US cluster bombs, buys local |
| 2008-10-01 |
| Israel has cut purchases of U.S.-made cluster bombs, defense officials said on Tuesday, stocking up on supplies from a state-owned Israeli company rather than heeding calls for an outright ban. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Buying local means the Israeli government must use sheckels. If they buy US goods they can use FMS funds (read US taxpayer dollars). |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-10-01 18:22 |
| #4 big jim we would be the only ones banned from using them. You know how this goes |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-10-01 11:11 |
| #3 A ban on cluster bombs? You'd never get a decent war going without cluster bombs. That's like a college party without the beer bong. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-01 07:10 |
| #2 The Israelis used to manufacture a lot more of their weapons and equipment but it became so expensive on so many items that they switched back to foreign purchases. Now they seem to concentrate on manufacturing those items that are too sensitive or likely to be restricted by the seller. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2008-10-01 02:45 |
| #1 They have plenty of non-college grunts who are highly literate and can follow directions very closely. It's a surprise they aren't manufacturing everything they can. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-10-01 01:34 |