5/26/2023 0 Comments F 22 raptorThough the US has agreed generally to maintain Israeli military supremacy in the region, no deals have yet been signed for specific weapon systems or defense programs. ![]() ![]() Last week and in late September, Gantz traveled to Washington for high-level meetings with Esper and other American defense officials on ways to offset the damage to Israel’s military edge by the proposed sale of the state-of-the-art, fifth-generation aircraft to the UAE.Įsper and Gantz signed an agreement in Washington last week that reaffirmed American commitment to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge, the technical term for military superiority in the Middle East, in light of the proposed sale of American F-35 stealth fighter jets to the UAE. US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meet at the Israel Aerospace Industries in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2020.
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