Israel Is Expanding Its Domestic Arms Production—and That’s Good News for America Too
Reducing Jerusalem’s dependence on Washington.
March 7, 2024
Israel Is Expanding Its Domestic Arms Production—and That’s Good News for America Too
Reducing Jerusalem’s dependence on Washington.
On Tuesday, the Israeli news outlet Ynet reported that the IDF plans to phase out the American-made rifles used by many of its soldiers and replace them with a domestically produced standard-issue firearm. Israel will also begin manufacturing its own one-ton bombs, and its factories will soon be churning out about 1 million rounds of ammunition each day. The Jewish state will as a result become less dependent on the U.S., and thus less susceptible to American attempts at coercion. But Washington too will benefit from this shift, as Sean Durns explains:
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