To The Point, Context n°108, September 2007 — Return to Reality
Return to Reality The Shadow of a Doubt During the month of August, it was learned that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had decided to bring/call into question the JSF program for the IDF. (Israel, having signed onto the development cooperation phase, had decided early in 2006 to order 100 F-35s.) On 19 August, the daily Haaretz announced: The Israeli Defense Forces will conduct a force structure review this week under the guidance of deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky, and will consider postponing the procurement of the F-35 stealth strike fighter. [] The Israel Air Force lobby at the General Staff suffered a setback…