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The majority of Israel's military arsenal is composed of equipment supplied via U.S. military aid programs. The United States have supplied Israel with: |
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:''(this is not a comprehensive listing)'' |
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*226 ] ] (Israel has the world's largest F-16 fleet outside the United States Air Force; with the delivery of 102 F-16Is, scheduled through 2008, the ] will have a total F-16 inventory of 362) <ref></ref> <ref></ref> |
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*89 ] fighter aircraft |
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*over 700 M-60 ]s |
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*over 6,000 ]s |
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*]s |
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*] ]s |
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*utility and training aircraft |
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*munitions of all kinds, including ]s and ]s of all kinds (], ], ]) |
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'''Note: This is not a comprehensive listing of U.S. military sales to Israel.''' |
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!TOTAL |
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|$766,026,000 |
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|$4,019,000 |
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|$770,045,000 |
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|] |
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|$629,426,000 |
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|$1,427,000 |
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|$630,853,000 |
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|$845,952,000 |
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|$16,455,000 |
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|$862,407,000 |
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|] |
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|$878,189,000 |
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|$418,883,000 |
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|$1,297,072,000 |
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|] |
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|$1,652,582,000 |
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|$1,110,223,000 |
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|$2,762,805,000 |
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|2001 - 2005 |
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|$4,772,175,000 |
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|$1,551,007,000 |
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|$6,323,182,000 |
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:*FMS - Foreign Military Sales |
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:*DCS - Direct Commercial Sales |
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:''Source: "Facts Book: Department of Defense, Security Assistance Agency," September 30, 2005.''<ref name = "WPIUSIs">{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/israel.lebanon.FINAL2.pdf |
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| title = U.S. Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel: U.S. Aid, Companies Fuel Israeli Military |
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| accessdate = 2006-08-13 |
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| last = Berrigan |
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| first = Frida |
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| coauthors = William D. Hartung |
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| date = ], ] |
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| format = {{PDFlink}} |
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| work = Arms Trade Resource Center Reports |
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| publisher = ] |
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}}</ref> |
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Israel deals directly with U.S. companies for the vast majority of its military purchases from the United States. U.S. antiboycott regulations make it illegal for American citizens and companies to refuse to trade with Israel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Antiboycott Regulations|date=]|publisher=]|author=]|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/antiboy.html}}</ref> Other states have a US$100,000 minimum purchase amount per defense contract, while Israel is allowed to purchase military items for less than US$100,000 as required. |
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The U.S. underwrites Israel's research and development of weapons contributing significant amounts of money to Israeli defense projects such as the ] battle tank and the ] ground-attack aircraft. Israel is also permitted special access to programmes such as the ] fighter development programme, although cooperation was temporarily suspended following allegations that Israel was trading military secrets with ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Reports: Israel Frozen out of F-35 Development|date=]|publisher=]|author=]|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/04/reports-israel-frozen-out-of-f35-development/index.php}}</ref> |
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'''Note: This is not a comprehensive listing of US ESF and military aid to Israel.''' |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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!FMF |
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!Supplementals |
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!TOTAL |
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|$1,975,644,000 |
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|$838,000,000 |
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|$2,813,644,000 |
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|$2,040,000,000 |
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|$720,000,000 |
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|$28,000,000 |
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|$2,788,000,000 |
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|$2,086,350,000 |
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|$596,100,000 |
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|$1,000,000,000 |
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|$3,682,450,000 |
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|$2,147,256,000 |
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|$477,168,000 |
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|$2,624,424,000 |
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|$2,202,240,000 |
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|$357,120,000 |
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|$50,000,000 |
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|$210,000 |
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|$2,609,570,000 |
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|] (estimated) |
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|$2,257,200,000 |
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|$273,600,000 |
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|$526,000 |
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|$2,531,326,000 |
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|] (requested) |
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|$2,340,000,000 |
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|$120,000,000 |
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|$320,000 |
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|$2,460,320,000 |
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|Total 2001-2007 |
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|$15,048,690,000 |
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|$3,381,988,000 |
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|$1,050,000,000 |
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|$29,056,000 |
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|$19,509,734,000 |
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:*FMF - Foreign Military Financing (direct military aid) |
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:*ESF - Economic Support Fund (open-ended monetary assistance that can be used to offset military spending and arms purchases |
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:*Supplementals are special one-time grants meant as a complement to already allocated aid |
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:*NADR-ATA - Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining & Related Programs |
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:''Source: "Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations," Fiscal Years 2001-2007.''<ref name = "WPIUSIs" /> |
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Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) in all respects. Israel has received more American financial aid, loan assistance and FMF than any other nationstate in history since its creation in 1948.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel - Report to Congress January 5, 2006|date=]|publisher=]|author=]|url=http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33222_20060105.pdf}}</ref> Over the past decade, the United States has transferred more than US $17 billion in military aid to Israel, which helped transform the ] into one of the most technically advanced military forces in the world. |
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