In 1986, israel flew their first F-16 knock-off fighter jet. The project was cancelled and the US sold israel 90+ F-16s instead. israel shared the project with china and the plane became the basis for the chinese Chengdu J-10 fighter. The whole project was a ruse to gain more US technology.

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In 1986, israel flew their first F-16 knock-off fighter jet. The project was cancelled and the US sold israel 90+ F-16s instead. israel shared the project with china and the plane became the basis for the chinese Chengdu J-10 fighter. The whole project was a ruse to gain more US technology. (archive.ph)

The IAI Lavi (Hebrew: לביא, "Young Lion") was a single-engined fourth-generation multirole jet fighter developed in Israel, by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), during the 1980s. The decision to develop the Lavi was controversial, both with the Israeli public, due to the enormous associated costs, and particularly with the U.S. government due to competition with American jets on the export market. By 1984 Israel, with a population of 4 million, had the world's highest military expenditure as a proportion of GDP, at 24%,[citation needed] a rate of spending considered unsustainable.[by whom?] These issues contributed to the ultimate cancellation of the aircraft, by the Israeli government, during the flight-test phase of development in August 1987.

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Makes you wonder if jews are bigger thieves than niggers...

We don't have to wonder when they make it clear every.single.day.

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