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Pesawat AS menembakkan rudal di Afganistan. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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VIVAnews - The Pentagon on Monday reported on the Congress of the United States that it had approved the sale of more than 6,000 missiles precision of the proposed United States Congress. U.S. hopes, with this new weapon capable of penetrating bunkers Israel Hamas in Gaza.
Reported by Reuters, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which handles U.S. arms trade said the Pentagon has approved a request by Israel to buy a 6900 direct attack munitions and thousands of others. Purchase price was U.S. $ 647 million, or about Rp 6, 2 trillion.
Ammunition, missiles, and other weapons systems sold to Israel was made Boeing Co, Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp., and Raytheon. These weapons to complete the attack on the Israeli Army.
"The United States is committed to Israel's security, and are vital to the U.S. national interest in helping to improve and develop the capabilities of the Israeli defense force," said Pentagon told Congress.
According to Business Week, Boeing sells missile systems tails Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) controlled from the satellite thus making it the most accurate weapon in the U.S. and Israel. JDAM can be dropped on a jet F-15 and F-16.
A total of 1725 JDAM-equipped bombs BLU-109 weighing 10 tons including the U.S. sold to Israel. Bombs of this type is also called bunker buster, which is used to destroy hard targets and key under the ground, such as the armory. The bomb is capable of penetrating up to two feet poking into the concrete.
According to the White House, this type of weaponry required Israel to destroy targets on the land belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "These additional weapons could provide the Israel Air Force strike capability is better than before," said a White House statement.
