Bloomberg: Israel plans to develop lookalike of American F-35 fighter

Israel aims to create an unmanned combat drone comparable in capabilities to the American F-35 fighter, according to a senior official, as reported by Bloomberg.

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As per the agency’s source, the initiative is a component of a plan to slowly decrease US military assistance over the coming decade and substitute it with collaborative development and manufacturing. Israel intends to engage foreign nations in the creation of the unmanned platform.

At present, the Israeli Air Force mainly employs propeller-driven UAVs for tactical operations.

The agency observes that the shift towards self-sufficient military production is connected to Israel’s increasing global isolation and possible limitations on U.S.

source: bloomberg.com

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