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Israeli Super Drone Stolen

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-a-james-bond-plot dept.

kristy_christie writes "Globes Online reports that Steadicopter's prototype pilotless helicopter was stolen a few days after the completion of its test program and final test flights. Interesting to note that Steadicopter claims that their helicopter is unique and there is no other of its kind in the world."

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  1. Re:Copy of article... by Zeinfeld · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    The U.S. aid to Israel is only several percent of Israel's gross national product.

    Israel currently receives over half of all US aid. If Israel can do without that aid I am sure that the US taxpayer would be only too happy to stop paying for it.

    The fact is that the Israeli economy is in the tank and almost certain to stay there. The military budget is crippling, added to which there are huge subsidies to various religious factions that have to be bought off and for building 'settlements' on land confiscated from Palestinians.

    Without US aid and US weapons the Israeli/Palestinian conflict would be a much more evenly balanced affair. Israeli hawks might actually start thinking of compromise rather than using coded references to 'transfer' - i.e. ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population.

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  2. Re:Copy of article... by Zeinfeld · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    As it appears to upset you that Israel is using what you call 'coded references' does it also upset you what the PA does?

    It is clear that Sharon is the causal nexus here, as he is fond of pointing out Arafat is irrelevant.

    Sharon's strategy appear to be to deliberately provoke attacks in order to justify further provocations. He was personally responsible for starting the current round of violence with his forced entry into the Al Axir mosque.

    Sharon is personally responsible for all the deaths since. He has brought nothing but death, fear and instability to Israel.

    Every time there is a ceasefire with the militants, Sharon makes sure it ends quickly by ordering the airforce to murder some Palestinians.

    List of countries on the Israeli side: USA List of countries on the PA side: Most/All of the Arab world.

    Make that pretty much the entire world condeming Israel. At this point the only countries that support Israel in the UN are the US, Israel(!), Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

    If Israel wants any sympathy from me they can stop confiscating Palestinan land to build settlements. Israel signed an agreement to stop building settlements at Oslo, instead of keeping the agreement they doubled the number of houses.

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