Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly preparing to sell Israel 40,000 heavy bombs worth $2.8 billion, with American taxpayers footing most of the bill. As the deal remains unfinished, the package would rank as the largest single sale of 2,000-pound munitions to Israel in recent years.
The proposed $2.8 billion arms package would be largely financed with US funds, claims report
The proposed sale covers 20,000 Mk84 bombs and 20,000 BLU-117s, plus 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads, The Washington Post reported. Congress has received informal notification, and the administration is pressing leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve it.
Foreign military financing drives the arrangement. Washington hands U.S. taxpayer dollars to Israel, and Israel uses that money to buy the weapons from American manufacturers. In practice, American funds pay for the bombs. The 2,000-pound bomb ranks among the most destructive munitions in Western arsenals.
An MK-84 blast throws metal fragments thousands of feet in all directions, tears through concrete and steel, and gouges large craters. Some variants penetrate deep underground targets; ot...