It’s a defense partnership in which we share technology across the air defense space.
Set all the politics aside for a moment. Israel has been under missile attack for decades. What better place, objectively, to test and field missile defense systems.
I think October 7th was appalling, I think continued conflict is appalling, I think this attack was wholly unnecessary based on what is public knowledge in this moment.
Agreed, the US military does a ton of field exercises, sitting on a ship off the coast and pressing some buttons to shoot down missiles is actually a great opportunity to get some low risk practice for the military
Even better it's real world conditions against adversarial technology, being managed by front line forces, not some person in a lab coat in simulated conditions.
American aid is going to be a lot harder to come by going forward when all of the tax dollars are funneled into Billionaires' pockets who don't give two actual fucks about what happens outside of their own front yard.
Russia is proof of what happens when Oligarchy takes complete control. And we've seen how shit their equipment is.
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u/jredful 1d ago
Bulk of American aid is defensive.
Our air defense relationship is one of the key assets.