Photo: Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton
Defense News: US Senator Backs B-1 Bombers for Israel
In Jerusalem, Says Aid Hikes “Eminently Reasonable"
TEL AVIV, Israel — Regardless of how Congress votes on the controversial Iranian nuclear deal, Sen. Tom Cotton said most members are committed to significantly strengthening Israeli security, including providing billions of dollars in additional annual aid and B-1 bunker busting bombers.
In an interview here Wednesday, the junior senator from Arkansas, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and chairman of the Armed Services Air Land Power subcommittee, said he discussed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon what Israel will need to preserve its so-called qualitative military edge (QME), particularly in light of what he insists are the added dangers stemming from the deal struck between Iran and world powers.
WNU Editor: If the U.S. is going to ship the 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator bunker-busting weapon to Israel .... Israel will need to have the means to deliver these bombs. Reason .... the Israeli F-15 can carry only up to 23,000 lbs.
