Mazcal

Mazcal t1_iy0n8b6 wrote

Reply to comment by Ataraxia25 in Israeli Elbit Systems Reveals New Drone to Be Used in Occupied West Bank by aa-coding

Yes, and I have friends who worked in Elbit too. Projects are funded individually, when they are meant to be produced in the US or when they benefit American weapon platforms such as fighter HUD systems which I have mentioned. It doesn’t mean that this project gets any US funding, and if it did, it wouldn’t be for the drones deployed by the IDF. The IDF is a separate entity than Elbit - a company from which the IDF will need to buy systems just like any other country.

I did not attack anyone ad hominem - I said he recited propaganda when saying that Israel buys drones for the sole purpose of killing children - which is kindergarten level propaganda. There is no merit to that claim.

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Mazcal t1_iy0iy6z wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Israeli Elbit Systems Reveals New Drone to Be Used in Occupied West Bank by aa-coding

You’re hilarious. As you live in Saudi Arabia I can imagine you can’t know much about how it works, but I’ve actually been involved in purchasing with US aid funding and can tell you it’s extremely specific. Almost all of Israel’a funding comes in the shape of “credit” which can only be used in tenders against US manufactured and sold products, in the US. It is means for the US to fund and subsidise its own industrial - not like the humanitarian aid which Gaza gets that can be spent as cash.

For any product where R&D is funded by the US, it is again for US benefit and only when these systems would eventually be manufactured in the US by Americans, such as parts of Iron Dome and the IMI Tavor.

Funny enough, Saudi Arabia also benefits from this and is lining up to buy air defence systems as well.

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