Israel US Ukraine Kyiv Post Ukraine's Global Voice by Katie Livingstone 13 March 2025
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US military aid to Israel: Unwavering commitment
Unlike Ukraine, Israel has faced no interruptions in US military support
The US-Israel alliance is backed by a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2016 guaranteeing $3.3 billion annually in military assistance Trump has gone even further, approving a $7 billion arms sale to Israel – including thousands of precision-guided bombs, according to the New York Post
Earlier this month, per The Associated Press, the Trump administration approved a new $3 billion arms sale to Israel, encompassing 1. 35,500 MK 84 2,000 lb (900 kg) bombs 2. along with 4,000 FGM-172 SRAW (short-range assault weapons) “Predator warhead”
The FGM-172 is a man-portable ground forces weapon, originally used to augment the Javelin anti-tank missile, most likely in the multipurpose blast-fragmentation version of the weapon since Lockheed-Martin converted all early anti-armor versions of this missile to this configuration to make it more versatile and suitable against more target categories, including unarmored vehicles and personnel Israel already got THAAD
