Sequestration Could Impact Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense

By ⋅ March 1, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
An Iron Dome battery fires an interceptor missile during the Gaza conflict late last year. (Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

An Iron Dome battery fires an interceptor missile during the Gaza conflict late last year. (Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

No deal in Washington, and the sequester is on.

Israel gets billions of dollars in aid from Washington every year, and some of that could now get sequestered.

That could put a serious squeeze on Israel’s defense budget, and potentially impact vital missile defense programs.

Haviv Rettig Gur of the Times of Israel has crunched the numbers.

“Concern about sequestration is not very high among the American public,” says Gur. “But in the Israeli defense community it’s everyone.”

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One comment for “Sequestration Could Impact Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense”

  • http://www.facebook.com/richmanjoe Joseph Rich

    Excuse me, but when you want to talk about the effect of the sequestration on the other countries in the middle east besides Israel, such as Egypt and Jordan, please have an unbiased reporter give the effects.  I personally do not trust a reporter who talks about how missile defense effects “us” and then reports on the effect of cuts on his enemies.
     

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