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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: April 27, 2005 |
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The Pentagon has notified Congress of a proposed sale to Israel of 100 guided bunker-busting bombs, in order to protect itself against a possible attack from Iran.
Israel requested the sale of the Lockheed Martin Corp. GBU-28s, worth as much as US$30 million, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a notice required by law for government-to-government military sales.
According to the Agency, the GBU-28 was developed for penetrating hardened command centers located deep underground and would be used by the Israeli Air Force on their F-15 aircraft.
Israel has denied speculation that it might make a military strike on Iran to prevent it from producing an atomic bomb. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a interview with CNN earlier this month, said his country was not planning any military attack on Iran.
Sharon, in a separate interview with Fox News, said: "Of course we take all precautions and all the steps to defend ourselves. But it's not that Israel should give the answer to the international problem" of Iran potentially developing a bomb.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the sale of the GBU-28s would "not affect the basic military balance in the region."
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Pentagon proposes sale of 100 bunker-busting bombs to Israel
- (Reuters)
04.27.2005
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