Pentagon Requests more Funding for "Israel’s" Iron Dome

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The Pentagon requested $220.3 million in 2014 to bolster "Israel's" "Iron Dome" missile system despite broader cuts to US military spending, according to budget documents.
The so-called "US Missile Defense Agency" also is asking for an additional $175.9 million in fiscal year 2015 for "Israel's" military network, according to the agency's budget proposal posted online.

The Pentagon already invested $204 million on the system in 2011 and $70 million in 2012.

US War Secretary Chuck Hagel promised in talks in March with his "Israeli" counterpart, Ehud Barak, who has since retired, that Washington would continue to fund anti-missile weaponry, including Iron Dome, despite fiscal pressures.

The budget details emerged as Hagel's planned visit to "Israel" next week, his first as War secretary.

The Republican majority in the House of Representatives in May 2012 called for additional funding of roughly $680 million for the Iron Dome program.
US military assistance to the Zionist entity comes to about three billion dollars a year to ensure the "qualitative military edge" in the region, as mandated by Congress.

For its part, "Israel" has spent a billion dollars on the development and production of Iron Dome batteries.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org