Washington (AFP) – The United States has agreed to sell more than $10 billion of top-of-the-line F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates to reward its recognition of Israel, potentially reshaping power dynamics in the turbulent region, Congress was informed Thursday.In an informal but required notification to Congress, President Donald Trump’s administration said it had approved the sale of 50 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters — equivalent to Israel’s fleet of the jets — worth an estimated $10.4 billion, a congressional aide said.If it goes ahead, the sale could “significantly change the mili…
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About the sale of F35’s to the UAE. (AFP). A report published by Algemeiner on October 23 and sourced by them and Reuters reports that Netanyahu and Benny Gantz do not oppose the sale of F35’s to Abu Dhabi. It talks about an arrangement that Israel has with The USA that allows Israel to maintain a “qualitative military edge.” on the deal. This has been done before. The UAE aircraft will not have all the avionics in them that the Israeli aircraft do.
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