Israel overcomes Obama’s embargo, upgrades Apache helicopter fleet

I never heard about SNET until today and I am not sure of what it is about. It certainly seems anti-American. I am considering posting another article which seems very far fetched. Here’s the link. Superpowers swapping client-states: Ukraine in exchange for Iran?
Tell me what you think.

SNET DAILY

Editor’s Note…

This recent story demonstrates the ongoing policy of the Obama regime to transform Israel into a passive punching bag and defensive laboratory for the US military industrial complex, as demonstrated by his recent decision to allocate more funds for the “Iron Dome” interception system (in which the US mega-contractor Raytheon shares a stake), while putting an embargo on offensive systems like the AH64 platform which is crucial to counter guerrilla and  counter terrorism operations in Gaza and Sinai – two key regions currently infested with CIA sponsored Islamic terror groups.

In this case the Israelis have managed to overcome this embargo by upgrading the platform on their own, thereby increasing the prospects of opting out of the trap Obama has set for them in the Southern region. However, effectively neutralizing this threat requires political decisions more then any weapon platform. So far there is no sign of a serious political will in Israel to solve that problem in the same manner the Russians solved the Chechen problem (and are going apparently to solve the Nazi problem in Ukraine and Crimea).

World Tribune

Israel, despite opposition from the Obama administration, has managed to upgrade its fleet of attack helicopters.

Military sources said the Israel Air Force has overseen a project to modernize its AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters.

The sources said the Air Force was equipping the Apaches with two new electronic warfare systems developed in the Jewish state.

“They are based on the huge operational experience of the force in using the Apache Longbow in a variety of combat scenarios,” an officer, identified only as Maj. Yonatan, said.

The upgrade has been developed amid the U.S. refusal to modernize Israel’s Apache fleet, employed in attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The sources said the administration of President Barack Obama blocked Israeli efforts to modernize the Apaches or purchase new helicopters from Boeing.

The new Israeli systems were cited by the official magazine of the Air Force. The sources said the sensors underwent trials in early 2014 and would be integrated on the Apaches later this year.

The sources said the Air Force would enhance the AH-64A helicopter to D configuration. They cited such capabilities as avionics, EW and advanced munitions, including the AGM-114 Hellfire, produced by the U.S. firm Lockheed Martin.

“The upgraded Apaches now also carry several new Israeli missiles,” a source said.

The sources said the modernization, conducted in the air force base of Ramon, was also meant to ensure interoperability between the Apaches as well as fixed-wing aircraft and ground assets. They cited communications and common digital maps of the helicopters and the Merkava Mk-4 main battle tank.

“There is now complete interoperability between the Apache with the Merkava and other vehicles,” the source said.

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  1. @ the phoenix:

    Thank you so much even Tx stopped to listen. I agree the was only ONE PAVOROTII. One Heifetz. My Father listen to the NY Symphony every Sunday when I was a very small child. A grade school music teacher introduced me to opera by playing Carmen for the class.

  9. honeybee Said:

    however Scarlett and I are so much alike that in the dark you can’t tell us apart.

    Hmmm, isn’t she blond?

    You have just described my fantasy.

  10. @ mar55:

    I think this is Schwarz. Gerard Schwartz?

    @ mar55:
    It is the Italian group “i musici” with its soloist Federico agostini.
    This is one of my favorite interpretations of ‘il prete rosso’s four seasons.
    It was recorded in Venice in 1988.
    Thank God for classical music…. What a beautiful refuge !

  12. @ the phoenix:

    Thank you for a beautiful interpretation. I think this is Schwarz. Gerard Schwartz? With t in the last name or without it? I must find his schedule. It must be for next season. this season is almost over.I love his passion when playing. I absolutely love his playing. We are lucky to live in these times. Itzak Perelman. Joshua Bell, Oliviera, Heifetz who I saw at Lincoln Center many years ago. His playing is so sad and beautiful. Issac Stern and, some of the women players. Thank you the phoenix. The only thing that is not over is the snow. 8 inches yesterday in Bethesda, MD.

  13. yamit82 Said:

    Did he speak Swedish

    Her mother is Jewish and her father is Swedish,weather he speaks Swedish don’t know, however Scarlett and I are so much alike that in the dark you can’t tell us apart.

  14. honeybee Said:

    Their moving Jerusalem???

    No, they believe they are the New Jerusalem…. Part of the arrogant attempts by the chriastian world at identity theft, our identity.

    honeybee Said:

    Do you think Scarlett Johansson’s father said the same,

    Did he speak Swedish?

  15. @ yamit82:

    Their moving Jerusalem??? Aretha Franklin sing a song “The New Jerusalem”, I can’t find it on youtube. In Mother would tell me ,in Swedish when my room was a mess, it looked like ” Jerusalem fursterning”{Jerusalem burning]. Do you think Scarlett Johansson’s father said the same,

  20. Israel overcomes Obama’s embargo, upgrades Apache helicopter fleet

    Would this not be a similar revelation that what was ‘common knowledge’, about THE wizzard of oz, is in reality just a pathetic old man hiding behind a screen?
    America’s ‘strength and superiority’ appears to be in bullying and getting the bullied one to believe that he’d better co-operate…. Or else…
    This bluff has been called off.
    It is time Israel, declare its non dependency .
    http://youtu.be/sraL5ERiwZ4