Post #4071514

So y'all, #Section219 of the #NDDA passed the #House. The #Senate has their own version. Section 219 would require the secretary of defense to designate an “executive agent” at the Pentagon, tasked only with cooperation with #Israel. The technology domains named in the bill include data sharing, missile defense, counter-drone systems, cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, directed-energy weapons, biotechnology, and defense manufacturing. The bill also includes another $750 million for U.S.-Israel cooperative programs, according to #AIPAC, which sponsored the legislation. Those sums come on top of an existing 10-year agreement that provides Israel $3.3 billion per year in direct military financing plus $500 million annually for missile defense cooperation through 2028. This, at the same time the #Pentagon has declared Israel a "critical threat". So long American sovereignty. It was kinda crap while it lasted, to be fair. https://www.military.com/pentagon-raises-israeli-spy-threat-as-ndaa-seeks-deeper-defense-ties