The 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs, part of a 2021 contract, were flown from an Air Force base in the US by Israeli Air Force transport.
Boeing accelerated delivery of 1000 smart bombs to Israel as the country steps up retaliation against Hamas after the devastating weekend attack that killed hundreds of people, industry and defence officials said.
The 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs, part of a 2021 contract, were flown from an Air Force base in the US by Israeli Air Force transport, according to an industry official who asked not to be identified discussing the arrangements.
A second defence official said Tuesday that the first official was referring to expedited transactions under a May 2021 Direct Commercial Sale between Boeing and Israel, which the State Department valued at $US735 million over several years. It also includes kits to convert unguided bombs into GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions. No Jdams kits have been sent yet, an official said.
The May 2021 sale was controversial when Congress was notified of it by the Biden administration. Senator Bernie Sanders and some House members moved to block the proposed sale in protest over Israeli attacks in Gaza at the time, but it wasn’t voted on, according to the Congressional Research Service.A Boeing spokesperson declined to comment. According to an US Air Force fact sheet, the Small Diameter Bomb’s small size “inherently reduces the probability of collateral damage”.
Separately, the Biden administration is expected to announce fresh supplies of weapons to Israel, which receives more than $US3 billion in US military aid every year.
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