Iran vs. Israel

[Holger]

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Israel's plans for Iran strikes

Amid growing concern over Iran's alleged duplicity in declaring all its nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Israel - the country that regards itself as most at risk from a nuclear-capable Iran - may be poised to revive contingency plans to destroy Iran's nuclear installations....

...Any joint US-Israeli precision-guided missile strike against Iran's nuclear facilities - Bushehr, Natanz or Arak - is unlikely to prove an attractive option for the US administration while it remains mired in Iraq - which shares a 1,458km-long border with Iran....
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In dem Zusammenhang vielleicht auch die Meldungen nach JDAM-Lieferungen an Israel.

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Israel – Joint Direct Attack Munitions

(Source: US Defense Security Cooperation Agency; issued June 1, web-posted June 2, 2004)

On 1 June 2004, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of Joint Direct Attack Munitions as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $319 million.

Specifically the Government of Israel has requested a possible sale of:

--5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits (which include 2,500 GBU-31 for MK-84, 500 GBU-31 for BLU-109, 500 GBU-32 for MK-83, and 1,500 GBU-30 for MK-82 bombs)
--2,500 MK-84 live bombs
--1,500 MK-82 live bombs
--500 BLU-109 live bombs
--500 MK-83 live bombs
--40 MK-84 inert bombs
--40 MK-82 inert bombs
--40 BLU-109 inert bombs
--40 MK-83 inert bombs
--4,500 DSU-33B/B live fuze components
--4,500 FMU-139B/B live fuze components
--500 FMU-143B/B live fuze components (...)

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Pentagon Contract Announcement
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Saint Louis, Mo. [a unit of Boeing Co. – Ed] is being awarded a $17,461,828 firm fixed price modification to provide for 840 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guided vehicles.

The JDAM is a strap-on kit with inertial navigation system/global positioning system capability that provides the user with an improved aerial delivery capability for existing 500, 1000 and 2000-pound bombs.

This effort supports foreign military sales to Israel. (...)