Dashboard →
STANDARDMILITARY

US Approves $151.8m Arms Sale to Israel — 12,000 Bomb Bodies

·Washington DC

US State Department approves sale of 12,000 × 1,000-pound bomb bodies to Israel worth $151.8 million. Bureau of Political-Military Affairs: sale will improve Israel's capability to meet current and future threats.

The US State Department approved the sale of $151.8 million worth of munitions to Israel on Day 6, comprising 12,000 × 1,000-pound (470kg) bomb bodies. The sale was approved by the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which stated: The proposed sale will improve Israel's capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serve as a deterrent to regional threats. The approval comes as Israel is consuming bomb stocks at a historically unprecedented rate — CENTCOM and IDF have confirmed 'dozens of 2,000-pound penetrators' dropped on a single mission by B-2 bombers, and IAF jets have dropped approximately 100 bombs on the Khamenei bunker alone in a single sortie on Day 7. The resupply announcement signals that the US intends the air campaign to continue for weeks, not days, and that Washington is actively sustaining Israeli strike capacity against hardened Iranian infrastructure.

Actor responses

United StatesSUPPORTINGOFFICIAL_STATEMENT

State Dept Bureau of Political-Military Affairs: Sale of 12,000 x 1,000-pound bomb bodies to Israel approved. This will improve Israel capability to meet current and future threats and strengthen homeland defense.

IsraelSUPPORTINGSTATEMENT

The US arms package ensures Israel can sustain its campaign against Iranian military infrastructure. We appreciate the continued US commitment to Israel's qualitative military edge.

Sources

T1AFP92% reliability
T1US State Department95% reliability