US Arms Trade with Israel

Friday April 12, 2002 14:53

by Mags

THE 'HONEST BROKER' U.S. Arms Transfers to Israel, January 2001-March 2002 Compiled by Antifa Info-Bulletin The following sample of U.S. arms transfers to Israel between January 2001-March 2002 paints a damning portrait of Washington's hypocritical role as "honest broker" in the Middle East. It is derived from data collected by the Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C., "Notifications to Congress of Pending U.S. Arms Transfers," http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/ The "items" are listed as "Excess Defense Articles" or "Foreign Military Sales."

1/24/01: 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters: $211,864,735.

1/24/01: 60 MK46 MOD 5 Torpedos: $3,403,860.

1/24/01: 15 AH-1F Cobra Helicopters: $5,200,962.

2/6/01: Misc. equipment, including office supplies, camoflague & Deception equipment, rope, hand tools, electrical components, metal bars, food preparation equipment, light fixtures, measuring tools, hardware, fencing, radio/tv equipment, containers, medical equipment, power distribution equipment, instruments/lab equipment, training aids: $6,691,153.

2/6/01: Textiles, clothing, clothing materials, individual equipment, tents and tarps: $13,837,822

2/19/01: 9 AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, upgrade of 1 Israeli AH-64A to D standard including the Longbow radar: $500 million.

5/23/01: Technical data and assistance related to the development of the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator: not listed.

6/6/01: 160 F100-PW-229 engines: $300 million.

6/7/01: AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM): $27 million.

6/19/01: 50 F-161 two-seat fighter: $2 billion.

8/2/01: Technical data and defense services related to Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle system: not listed.

8/2/01: Technical data and defense services for integration of GPS Guidance capability into GBU-15 air-to-ground weapon system: not listed.

8/24/01: 48 AIM-120C-5 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, 47 AMRAAM air vehicles (AAVs), One AMRAAM air vehicle instrumented, one AMRAAM instrumentaion unit kit and one lot of spares: not listed.

12/21/01: 50 F-16 aircraft: $1,328,792,000.

1/23/02: Excess rifle parts: not listed.

1/23/02: 30,000 excess M16 rifles: not listed.

3/13/02: 102 M61A1 20mm Gatling guns for F16's: $5.2 million (approx.).