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“Israel Beefs Up Weapons Stash”
by OneNewsNow -Chad Groening
August 11th, 2009

A Pentagon advisor and senior military strategist believes Israel's recent purchase of some sophisticated weapons will greatly enhance the capability of Israeli Defense Forces to deal with growing threats from their Islamic enemies.

Recently The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israel Air Force (IAF) has purchased more than 100 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition kits (LJDAM). The first LJDAMs, manufactured by Boeing, were delivered to the United States Air Force in 2008. An Israeli Defense Ministry official said the technology will give the IAF better accuracy when hitting moving targets, such as terrorists in moving cars.

Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis (USA-Ret.) says the new technology could be also used in a possible strike against Iranian nuclear sites. "It would appear as if Israel is certainly assembling the pieces for a strike, should they decide to do it," he believes.

Maginnis contends such a strike could likely involve another weapon being developed by the U.S.

"The U.S. military is developing what's called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which is ten times more powerful than any other conventional weapon that we have," he describes. "It can penetrate something that is 200 feet below the ground in solid concrete -- maybe something like the Nantez enrichment facility in Iran."

According to Maginnis, the U.S. might be willing to sell Israel the Massive Ordinance Penetrator. He says the U.S. sold the Israeli Defense Forces 1,000 "Bunker Buster" weapons last year.

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