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Originally Posted by California Tanker
Pretty much a spot-on analysis. About the only thing I'd change is that Israel doesn't need the backing of the US for a military victory. One of the things they learned in 1973 was that they needed to be less reliant on external sources of supply and intelligence. As a result, they now build their own ammunition, tanks, missiles and so on. In many cases those pieces of equipment are more technologically advanced than what the US has in its own inventory.
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You know, since I've often eyed the Merkava tank model at the hobby store, you'd think I'd have realized Israel's self-sufficiency in military manufacturing.
For some reason, I had in my head that the Israelis didn't produce much more than small arms, but reading your post I realize that can't possibly be true any more.
Would you know if the Israelis produce their own air force? Or is that still largely US provided?