Maybe when the “seller”, or in this case the “giver” is trying this hard; what they are trying to give you isn’t really worth it.
The U.S. weekly Defense News says Lockheed Martin was prepared to give Israeli defense companies up to 180 percent of the cost of the deal, way above the 40-100 percent usually handed out when foreign states buy U.S. weapons systems.
Lockheed Martin has also said that if Israel does buy 20 F-35s it would give Israeli companies production contracts worth $4 billion for production of the aircraft, Israel National News.com. said.
Not everyone is up for the give-away.
Israel’s army and navy have expressed opposition to the air force using so much of the defense budget on the new Lightning II jets rather than on other military projects.
