The Ministry of Defense will present Biden with the laser interception system - and will ask for help in financing it

According to IDF sources, the Ministry of Defense is looking for partners for a project with particularly high costs. At the same time, Walla!

Amir Bohbot

16/06/2022

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 06:00 Updated: 06:31

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In the video: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during his speech at the INSS conference (Photo: Erez Central)

The Defense Department's laser interception system project will be presented to US President Joe Biden during a visit to Israel, the ministry and the IDF said today. In addition to the advanced and

secretive

development that arouses worldwide curiosity that will be presented to Biden at the Palmachim Air Force Base, it will be presented with an Iron Dome and Arrow battery. And unmanned aerial vehicles. IDF sources said it was no secret that the Defense Ministry was looking for partners in the project, which cost very high, but its specific weight in defending the country's rear was very high alongside other systems - arrow, magic wand, patriot and iron dome.

Laser interception system (Photo: Ministry of Defense, Spokeswoman and Information Department)

He will be presented with an Iron Dome and Arrow battery.

Biden (Photo: Reuters)

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According to senior sources in the Department of Defense and the IDF, talks have been held on the laser issue with counterparts in the U.S. Department of Defense. It is estimated that exposure to the U.S. president may help promote a partnership.

The significance of the Israeli proposal, along with the existence of joint forums with moderate Sunni states, includes additional planes designed to strengthen defense in the area.

Among them, focusing on terrorist activity, transmitting intelligence information and thinking together about common challenges.

Also, according to sources in the defense establishment, the intention is that the US will be responsible for creating the framework of relations with the other Arab countries in the region and achieving significant influence against Iran - but not only. The IDF is interested in deepening its ties with the US military in the region and institutionalizing it.

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