Israel Air Force may buy vertical-takeoff planes to dodge Hizballah-Hamas rockets

Israel Air Force may buy vertical-takeoff planes to dodge Hizballah-Hamas rockets: "

I think Israel should use the planes it has now to defend itself.

Israel Air Force may buy vertical-takeoff planes to dodge Hizballah-Hamas rockets: ’

This is reported in the American Defense News . The expanding Palestinian and Lebanese Hizballah’s missile threats to its southern and northern air bases have persuaded Israeli’s Air Force to consider switching its procurement plans from 100 US F-35A stealth jets to the F-35B Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) version, designed to serve the US Marine Corps when under fire.

Israel’s southern and northern air bases have come within range of rockets from Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas from the Gaza Strip, respectively, and possibly from the West Bank too.

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