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Israel gave final approval for ​a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from ‌Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

The deal, approved by Israel's Ministerial Committee on Procurement, is a first step in a 350 billion shekel ($119 billion) plan to bolster Israel's military and "strengthen readiness ahead ​of a demanding decade for Israeli security," it said.

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[–] Krusty@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

F-35s find and expose targets inside contested airspace and reduce key threats. F-15IAs deliver long range heavier and more numerous and/or follow-on strikes efficiently, often from outside war zone and can remain in flight longer without refuelling.

Both can defend themselves and contribute to air-to-air combat if needed, but their main synergy is stealth and sensing on one side, payload and reach on the other.

israel has been the single most significant source of civilian deaths since WWII

Liar or delusional or propagandist?

  • The Great Leap Forward famine (15-45 million)
  • The Chinese Civil War and subsequent political campaigns under Mao Zedong (~10s of millions)
  • U.S. War on Terror (~4 million)
  • The Vietnam War (2-3 million)
  • The Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot (~2 million)
  • The Rwandan genocide (~1 million)

Israel since WW2? 100-300 thousand.