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Israel to Boost F-35 Capabilities After Iran Deal
2015-09-13
Israel is actively working to double the range of its F-35 defense fighters, officials said Thursday, in an announcement made just before the Senate Congress vote on the Iran deal.

Israel's F-35s are tailor-made by Lockheed Martin, and named Adir (lit. "awesome."). The first two Adirs are due to be delivered to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in December 2016.

The development was specifically made with "an eye on Iran" and other Middle East developments.

"The Stealth and other advanced capabilities provided by this fifth-generation fighter are self-evident," an Israeli air force officer told Defense News. "Your options for attacking the enemy (with the stealth fighters) are much more numerous and practical."

"The things that we could do before will entail much less risk, and the things we might not have been able to do before will be rendered doable," he added.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#9  As for the Iran Nuke Deal ...

* VARIOUS > OBAMA STRUGGLES TO REGAIN ISRAEL'S TRUST IN WAKE OF IRAN NUKE DEAL.

* LUCIANNE > [American Thinker] REAL PURPOSE OF IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: SUPPORT IRAN AND STICK IT TO ISRAEL.

IMO 'tis prob more correct to say that OWG Co-Superpower Amerika is supporting the creation + development + entrenchment of other Globalist-desired OWG Co-Superpower(s).

Again, MUSLIM WORLD = TINY ISRAEL AS THE WORLD'S ONLY JUDAIC/HEBREW STATE + ONLY NON-MUSLIM NATION IN THE ME CANNOT BE A OWG GLOBAL FEDERAL UNION IN + BY ITSELF - read, MUSLIM WORLD IS NOT READY TO ACCEPT ISRAEL EITHER IN OWG "UNION(S)" OR IN NON-/EXTRA OWG "NON-UNION".

Israel must ergo either join NATO-EU, or else the US-Allies must be prepared to GUARANTEE an independent sovereign Israel's security + national existence for a long time to come yet, likley at least thru Year 2050.

See below.

* WORLD NEWS > [JPost] FEAR OF ISIS TAKEOVER OF JORDAN DRIVES ISRAEL TO BUILD EASTERN BORDER FENCE.

Lest we fergit, thats US-N-Euro aligned, US-N-Euro trained + mil-equipped Hashemite Jordan.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-13 23:32  

#8  >> Sounds like conformal fuel tanks.

To double the range would require more than double the fuel load which exceeds the 18,000 lb max payload of the F-35. It ain't happening.
Posted by: Betty Hitler2611   2015-09-13 23:28  

#7  And what of the F-22?

The F-35 is supposed to be the 21st century, post-Cold War/9-11 equivalent of the Cold War-era F-16 = low-cost "light" Tac Fighter in the USAF's "Hi-Lo" mix of advanced combat aircraft, wid the F-22 being the equivalent of the "Hi" end F-15 + USN F-14 in same.

IS THE IDAF BUYING A TRULY LOW-COST, "LIGHT" 5G FIGHTER, OR SIMPLY ONE OF THE F-22'S "HEAVY" US-BUILT RIVALS OR COMPETITORS???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-13 23:17  

#6  I imagine you could come up with something that could work like a conformal fuel tank but fit on the center pylon, but be droppable...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2015-09-13 21:24  

#5  Sounds like conformal fuel tanks.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-09-13 19:31  

#4  @#2: I'm in agreement. Should the American public somehow stumble closer to electing an effective leader, the chances of which increase with every stroke of Zero's pen, the Middle Eastern branch of the Mob will see that the jig is up and timely action will outweigh the chess game.

Now that the American Patriots of our Congress will release beaucoup $ to the Mad Mullahs (TM) for a little Nork shopping spree, delivery systems will be the next big deal.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-09-13 14:05  

#3  Doesn't anybody in the news room do a sanity check before printing a story?
Posted by: Betty Hitler2611   2015-09-13 11:13  

#2  Dec. '16 is a long way off.

I expect Iran and its allies to move before Zero leaves office.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-09-13 10:27  

#1  the things we might not have been able to do before will be rendered doable

Like deep delivery of a payload?
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-13 08:14  

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