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2026-07-17 Europe

German state encouraging Israel’s Rafael to establish operations at Volkswagen plant

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1 Israel to produce its own JDAM bombs en masse within two years, in bid for arms independence
Move is part of broader push to reduce Israel's reliance on foreign munitions, expand domestic weapons production • Germany deals lead to quadrupled Arrow production

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-07-17 02:55|| 2026-07-17 02:55|| Front Page Top

2 In a country flooded with Muslims and a government that whines about Gaza?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-07-17 06:53|| 2026-07-17 06:53|| Front Page Top

3 It's business.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-07-17 07:11|| 2026-07-17 07:11|| Front Page Top

4 In a country that not only controls its own wild Muslims, but works to do the same for its neighbours, Procopius2k. And if JD Vance is the next president instead of Marco Rubio, Israel will need to be prepared to be transactional. Ditto if a Democrat ends up in the White House.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-07-17 09:45|| 2026-07-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

A year or two from now when the stories surface that U.S. jobs have been lost b/c Israel is producing it's own munitions and systems for itself and int'l markets, remember it was forced to do so by the psychopathic isolationist right and DSA-controlled Dems. https://t.co/5SVwd6XNg1
— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) July 17, 2026

Posted by trailing wife 2026-07-17 09:50|| 2026-07-17 09:50|| Front Page Top

6 It's quite difficult to find a German company that works with Israeli tech firms and claims to have been disappointed.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-07-17 11:36|| 2026-07-17 11:36|| Front Page Top

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