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2009-01-10 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

U.S. seeks to ship hundreds of tons of arms to Israel

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Posted by Steve White 2009-01-10 01:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 3000-odd tons is about 25 flights of a C5. Between Greece and Israel, that could be done with one plane in about 11 days figuring two trips a day. With 5 planes, in about two days.

In the 1973 war, I remember plane after plane after plane flying out of Dover headed for Israel.

So here we have a huge shipment that has been announced to the world ahead of time. Seems like a plan designed to attract at attack attempt to me.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-01-10 02:36|| 2009-01-10 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't worry, the containers are invisible to radar.

Posted by gorb 2009-01-10 02:41|| 2009-01-10 02:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The shipment was part of reserve munitions kept for the US army by Israel in storage facilities it holds here and the timing of its arrival was unrelated to Operation Cast Lead, the station quoted US officials as saying.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-10 05:53|| 2009-01-10 05:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Airlift is tied up. But yeah, NickelGrass did this and more.

Posted by .5MT 2009-01-10 06:40|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-01-10 06:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps the Army Corps of Engineers needs some tools for their tunnels inspection work on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border... or that moat concept that's been bruited about, running from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-01-10 08:21|| 2009-01-10 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 "Shipping 3,000-odd tons of ammunition in one go is a lot,"

That's less than the average monthly amount destroyed by US forces in Iraq. How about transferring some of the 500,000 ton US war reserve in Korea to Israel?

Posted by ed 2009-01-10 08:39|| 2009-01-10 08:39|| Front Page Top

#7 I would be for giving Israel all the JDAM adapter kits, dumb bombs, rifle ammo, artillery shells, first aid kits, smoke rounds, and tank shells they want.

For free.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-10 11:20|| 2009-01-10 11:20|| Front Page Top

#8 perhaps this is a sign too hexbollah for riring those rockets yesterday into israel

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-10 12:00|| 2009-01-10 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 In the 73 war, the US dipped deep into our reserve stocks of ammo. Israel was down to ammo stocks measured in DAYS.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-10 12:48|| 2009-01-10 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Israel can supply its own small cal rounds, unless it is running out of brass and powder. But, I'd hate to see them short on the big stuff. They indicated to the towel heads that the worst was yet to come. This supports that. Keep those rounds outbound.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-10 13:39|| 2009-01-10 13:39|| Front Page Top

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