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According to declassified British Foreign and Commonwealth Office documents, Israel sold arms to Argentina before and during the Falklands War in 1982. The arms sales to Argentina included Douglas A-4 Skyhawk jets which would later be used in the war with the United Kingdom. [4] Carlos Menem was the first head of state of Argentina to make a ...
During the Six-Day War, the military cooperation with France ceased (the French Weapons Embargo of 1967) and Israel began to rely on American weaponry and on local research and development. During the 1980s and 1990s, the IDF increased its supplies of American arms , armor and aircraft , aiming for technological superiority over Arab countries ...
According to the SIPRI, Germany is one of the main suppliers of armaments to Israel, accounting for 30% of Israel's arms imports between 2019 and 2023. [5] According to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ ) report, Germany's defense exports to Israel worth about $353 million have so far increased almost 10 times from last year. the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa ...
(Reuters) -The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that has ...
International concern over the possibility of an Argentine nuclear weapons program magnified after the Falklands War in 1982, when the U.S. intelligence community estimated that Argentina could build a nuclear bomb from its civilian nuclear program. [9]
The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was notified of the ...
At the start of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023, Germany gave Israel weapons worth 326 million euros, [12] which was a tenfold increase compared to 2022. However, according to data provided by the Ministry of Economy in response to a parliamentary question, approvals have fallen in 2024, with only 14.5 million euros granted between ...
Israel used British-supplied weapons in the war. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] 15% of the components of each Israeli-owned F-35 fighter jet are made by British companies, including BAE Systems . [ 35 ] According to the Campaign Against Arms Trade , the UK has granted arms export licences to Israel amounting to £574 million ($727 million) since 2008 ...