I saw an article the other day that made me stop. I was about the US buying the Iron Dome which is a missile defense system developed to work mostly against short-range missiles, the other side of missile defense that we don't hear much about. The Israelis developed it out of necessity, but they had an abundance of technology that came from Arrow, their ballistic missile interceptor. Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries are the developers, so not all of that work comes from Israel, though they like to make it seem like that. Boeing claims the lead on that team.
One of the most irritating things about the Israeli missile program is its seeming ability to tout its missile systems over those of its partners, mostly the US. They used to downplay the Patriot all the time and try to show how much better their missile systems were than ours, irritating those who were working with them. They do make enhancements to anything they get from outside Israel, but Iron Dome is a good deal more than just an enhancement. I would just like to know that they are not selling us something we paid for some of the research to develop.
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