http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/2963036/US-agree s-to-sell-mini-bunker-busters-to-Israel.html
US agrees to sell mini bunker-busters to Israel America has agreed to provide Israel with 1,000 newly-designed 'mini' bunker-buster bombs in a deal that gives the Jewish state new military options for any attack on Iran's nuclear programme. By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem Last Updated: 1:46PM BST 15 Sep 2008 Israeli Air Force F16I: US agrees to sell mini bunker-busters to Israel <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00978/israeli-fight er-460_978603c.jpg> Israel is the recipient of more US aid than any other country Photo: PA Last week Israel's request for a fresh supply of GBU-28 bunker-busters, each weighing two tons and capable of punching through reinforced concrete, was turned down by the US. Instead, America has agreed to sell 1,000 versions of a much-smaller satellite-guided bomb capable of hitting underground targets, albeit at a shallower depth. Iran's nuclear facilities are located at a number of separate locations, some of which are buried underground. The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, yesterday said Iran had increased its uranium enrichment programme and was not co-operating with an inspections process. Its latest report came as dozens of Iranian warplanes carried out their most extensive military exercises for several months. Israel has said it will not rule out the use of military force to prevent Iran, the sworn enemy of the Jewish state, from "going nuclear". Israel is the recipient of more US aid than any other country, with a memorandum of understanding signed last year between the two countries committing Washington to provide $30 billion spread over the next decade. This is up from the annual $2.4 billion package of recent years and reflects concerns in America that Israel faces a growing military threat, most acutely from Iran. Throughout the 1990s Israel used to receive a joint military-civilian package of $2.4 billion in aid each year but recently it was shifted to be purely military aid [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
