US selling Bunker Busters to Israel for $77,000 each!

[Razmear]

Talk about a wholesale bargain!

Source:
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_to_sell_bunker_busting_bombs_to__09162008.html

The US Defense Department has notified Congress of plans to sell 1,000 bunker-buster bombs to Israel in a deal worth 77 million dollars.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced the possible arms sale of the GBU-39 small diameter smart bombs on its website. The deal still requires approval from Congress.

The bombs, which are touted as more precise than larger munitions, have the capacity to penetrate 1.8 meters (six feet) of reinforced concrete and carry a 50 percent probability of reaching a target within five meters.

According to the Jerusalem Post, the bombs could help Israel in a possible strike against Iran's nuclear sites, some of which are protected by bunker-like structures.

Last month, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that his country will never accept Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability and refused to rule out "any options."

Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear armed state, considers Iran its main strategic threat because of its nuclear programme, which Israel and its staunch US ally suspect is aimed at developing weapons.

[phixion]

I'm tired of hearing it - they may as well give them to Israel for free, such is the nature of the one-sided relationship.

Pete

[constituent]

I'm tired of hearing it - they may as well give them to Israel for free, such is the nature of the one-sided relationship.

Pete

they are, just in a round-about sort of way.

couple billion in aid, couple billion in weapons purchases... more wealth redistribution, that's all it ever is, it's all it ever was.

[Vote Waterman 2028]

"....refused to rule out "any options."

and thats how WW3 begins

[HOLLYWOOD]

SO now we're subsidizing the Jewish state of ISRAEL?

Here's the REAL cost of the Bunker Busters and the cost of the past Decade.

Basically, ISRAEL is getting a 50% DISCOUNT on the Bunker Buster Bombs.

$77,000 EACH - ISRAEL is PAYING HALF of what US TAXPAYERS have to pay for GBU-28 Bunker Busters

SO here's another COVERT WAY to Subsidize ISRAEL via the U.S. TAXPAYERS

How about that... oh, and a 1000 of them? I presume ISRAEL is planning on bombing EVERY BUNKER in the Middle East?

Here's previous COSTS / PRICING facts:

1997 Purchase budget request contained $18.4 million to procure 161 GBU-28.

= $114,285.71 EACH

Purchased awarded on February 10, 2005 a $10,490,029 firm fixed price contract to provide for Guided Bomb Unit-28C/B (BLU-122) guidance control units and tail kits, quantity of 71.

= $147,746.89 EACH

Awarded October 19, 2005 an $18,478,880 firm fixed price contract modification for 140 production Lot 2 of the Guided Bomb Unit-28C/B

= $131,992.00 EACH

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/169m-for-139-enhanced-paveway-iii-gbu28-kits-03159/

March, 2007, Raytheon sale firm fixed price of $16.9M for 139 Enhanced Paveway III GBU-28 Bunker Buster Kits

= 122,302.16 EACH

Latest pricing under the GAO report on DOD Budget procurement:

Dept of Defense procurement costs weapons (http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Guided+Bomb+Unit-28+purchase&fr=ytff1-msgff&u=www.dau.mil/educdept/mm_dept_resources/reports/Precision-guided-munitions.pdf&w=guided+bomb+unit+28+purchase&d=S6NLkvReRVJC&icp=1&.intl=us)

Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28 Bunker Buster)

Air Force 18.20 unit price each: $145,600.00 Quantity: 125



More INFO on the GBU-28 Bunker Buster and ISRAEL

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CLO20060722&articleId=2789

Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28)

A pair of chartered Airbus A310 transport aicraft carrying 5,000-lb GBU-28 bunker buster bombs staged through Scotland's Prestwick International Airport outside Glasgow on 22 July 2006 to refuel and give the crew a rest before continuing to deliver the bombs to Israel. At least two more flights were anticipated before mid-August. The first foreign sale of the GBU-28 was the acquisition of 100 units by Israel, authorized in April 2005.[5] Delivery of the weapons was accelerated at the request of Israel in July 2006. According to Israeli Military sources, Hezbollah puts their rocket launchers in bunkers and fortifications underground.

PBS discussion on ISRAEL's WMD's

http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?t=60838

[TastyWheat]

Bill number?

[Orgoonian]

SO now we're subsidizing the Jewish state of ISRAEL?

Here's the REAL cost of the Bunker Busters and the cost of the past Decade.

Basically, ISRAEL is getting a 50% DISCOUNT on the Bunker Buster Bombs.

$77,000 EACH - ISRAEL is PAYING HALF of what US TAXPAYERS have to pay for GBU-28 Bunker Busters

SO here's another COVERT WAY to Subsidize ISRAEL via the U.S. TAXPAYERS

How about that... oh, and a 1000 of them? I presume ISRAEL is planning on bombing EVERY BUNKER in the Middle East?

Here's previous COSTS / PRICING facts:

1997 Purchase budget request contained $18.4 million to procure 161 GBU-28.

= $114,285.71 EACH

Purchased awarded on February 10, 2005 a $10,490,029 firm fixed price contract to provide for Guided Bomb Unit-28C/B (BLU-122) guidance control units and tail kits, quantity of 71.

= $147,746.89 EACH

Awarded October 19, 2005 an $18,478,880 firm fixed price contract modification for 140 production Lot 2 of the Guided Bomb Unit-28C/B

= $131,992.00 EACH

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/169m-for-139-enhanced-paveway-iii-gbu28-kits-03159/

March, 2007, Raytheon sale firm fixed price of $16.9M for 139 Enhanced Paveway III GBU-28 Bunker Buster Kits

= 122,302.16 EACH

Latest pricing under the GAO report on DOD Budget procurement:

Dept of Defense procurement costs weapons (http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Guided+Bomb+Unit-28+purchase&fr=ytff1-msgff&u=www.dau.mil/educdept/mm_dept_resources/reports/Precision-guided-munitions.pdf&w=guided+bomb+unit+28+purchase&d=S6NLkvReRVJC&icp=1&.intl=us)

Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28 Bunker Buster)

Air Force 18.20 unit price each: $145,600.00 Quantity: 125



More INFO on the GBU-28 Bunker Buster and ISRAEL

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CLO20060722&articleId=2789

Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28)

A pair of chartered Airbus A310 transport aicraft carrying 5,000-lb GBU-28 bunker buster bombs staged through Scotland's Prestwick International Airport outside Glasgow on 22 July 2006 to refuel and give the crew a rest before continuing to deliver the bombs to Israel. At least two more flights were anticipated before mid-August.

PBS discussion on ISRAEL's WMD's

http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?t=60838



Ohhhhh,start another war at Wal-Mart prices!

[RedLightning]

I don't mind us selling them, but why are we doing it at such a low price?

[pi4BNAX]

GBU-39s, the bomb being sold to Israel, is not a bunker buster. GBU-39 can penetrate 90cm of "steel-reinforced concrete." On the other hand, a GBU-28, the real bunker buster, is able to drill through 20 feet of concrete and 100 feet of Earth