Israel to purchase 100 F-35s, 50 new F-15s, doubling fleet sizes
Israel announced on Sunday a blockbuster decision to double the size of its F-35 fleet from 50 to 100 and its new F-15IA fleet from 25 to 50.
The decision reflects a radical post-October 7 world: Israel will increase defense spending over the next 10 years by NIS 350 billion, in addition to annual defense spending that has risen from under NIS 100 billion to nearly NIS 150 billion.
If before October 7 and even mid-war there was a hot debate whether to spend Israel's limited military funds on increasing its F-35 fleet or new F-15IA fleet, after two Iran wars over the last year in which the IDF heavily using both existing F-35s and older F-15s, which need to be replaced with the new F-15IAs, the government decided to massively increase the budget in order to purchase both.
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