• Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    I wouldn’t doubt they need specific things. Like motors for Arrow missles for the Iron dome and 155 shells in case Hezbollah acts up.

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      9 months ago

      And their massive defense industry couldn’t produce those domestically somehow? I find that dubious if they’re the sixth largest arms exporter in the world, including one of the top 100 arms-producing aerospace companies. A top aerospace company can’t produce the right missiles for Israel? You expect me to buy that?

      And if so, maybe Israel should have geared their defense industry towards arming themselves.

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        9 months ago

        Complicated machines tend to depend on complicated global supply chains. It’s not at all surprising that a small country would rely on foreign sources for essential parts. I know the US tries to rely on only domestic supply chains for anything related to “national security”, but the US is also unique in the size of its military industrial complex. If I had to guess, I’d say China is probably the only other country that can fully equip its military without the help of allies.

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        9 months ago

        The rocket motors have always been supplied by the US. Other pieces of iron dome are supplied too. They build the rockets themselves.