U.S., Israel weeks away from co-production deal for missile shield
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Israel are weeks away from reaching a draft agreement on a co-production of Israel's air defense system called David's Sling that the two countries jointly developed, the top U.S. missile defense officer told lawmakers on Thursday.
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, said discussions and negotiations continued with Israel on the David's Sling system, which passed a series of intercept tests in April and is expected to be operational next year.
Known in Hebrew as Magic Wand, David's Sling is being developed and manufactured jointly by Israel's state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd and Raytheon Co, a top U.S. arms maker.
Robert Scher, assistant defense secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities, said the U.S. government had provided more than $3 billion for missile defense to Israel for David's Sling and other missile defense programs since 2001.
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RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)We go into an agreement to keep one power in the Middle East from having nukes, and we have a deal with another to help them make more nukes!
How about we get rid of them ALL?!?!?!?!
6chars
(3,967 posts)"Designed to shoot down rockets with ranges of 100 to 200 km (63 to 125 miles), aircraft or low-flying cruise missiles, David's Sling will fill the operational gap between Israel's Iron Dome short-range rocket interceptor and the Arrow ballistic missile interceptor, both already in service."
MrBig
(640 posts)Please show me where in the article this agreement will help Israel make more nukes? The only thing this program is designed for is defense.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)The US doesn't supply Israel with nukes or the equipment to make them already.
Now we are helping them make the things to defend their nukes. This will help them make more nukes.
When will it end?
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)I would think they might have vetted the name a bit...