by Yoram Ettinger
*The late Senator Daniel Inouye, who was the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Full Appropriations Committee told me that the scope of Israeli intelligence shared with the US, was much more than the intelligence provided by all NATO countries combined."
Does the US extend to Israel an annual foreign aid of $3.8bn, or does the US make an annual $3.8bn investment in Israel, which yields to the US a Return-on-Investment that exceeds – exponentially – the annual investment?
*The US’ power projection – in the Middle East and in the face of Russia and China – has been substantially upgraded by Israel’s battle-proven military and technological capabilities and its surging posture of deterrence. Unlike NATO, South Korea and Japan, Israel has bolstered the US’ regional and global strategic posture without US bases/troops. Israel has done it due to its stability, effectiveness and reliability (irrespective of Left or Right government); and, its pro-active military action against anti-US Islamic terrorism. Israel has contributed to the US defense and economy by acting as a cost-effective battle-tested laboratory for US defense and aerospace industries, which has contributed mega billions of dollars to the saving in research and development costs – and increased exports – of advanced US military systems (combat aircraft, etc.), and sharing innovative battle tactics with the US Armed Forces.
*Israel’s recent military offensive against the Ayatollah regime and Hezbollah has contributed to the extension of the US’ strategic arm, as it has through its geo-strategic location and its unique sources of human (HUMINT) and Signal (SIGINT) intelligence. Israel’s familiarity with the Middle East has provided the US with game-changing data on the cultural, linguistic, ethnic, ideological and religious nature of anti-US Sunni and Islamic terrorists. Through a sophisticated interception of Internet communications, Israel has shared with the US intelligence, which targeted missile sites, aborted anti-US Islamic terrorist action (on US soil, US airlines and worldwide US installations). Israel has shared with the US intelligence on enemies’ battle tactics and capabilities of advanced military systems, which are developed by enemies and by industrial competitors of the US (e.g., ground-to-air missiles, electronics and jamming and hacking devices). Recently, Israel has shared with the US vital intelligence on the advanced Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology, and North Korean and Chinese ballistic technologies, which were supplied to the Ayatollah regime.
*The uniquely productive US-Israeli intelligence cooperation was demonstrated during the June 13-June 21 Israeli Air Force offensive on the Ayatollah regime, which paved the way for the US Air Force bombing of three critical nuclear installations, unimpeded by the (demolished) Iranian Air Force and air defense systems.
*The late Senator Daniel Inouye, who was the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Full Appropriations Committee told me that the scope of Israeli intelligence shared with the US, was much more than the intelligence provided by all NATO countries combined. He added that Soviet military hardware which was transferred by Israel to the US tilted the global balance of power in favor of the US, amounting to a mega-billion-dollar bonus.
*According to the late General George Keegan, who served as the Chief of US Air Force Intelligence: “If the US were to procure, on its own, the intelligence provided by Israel, it would have to establish 5 CIAs [the classified annual budget of one CIA is assessed to be well over $15bn!]…. The ability of the U.S. Air Force in particular, and the Army in general, to defend whatever position it has in NATO owes more to the Israeli intelligence input than it does to any other single source of intelligence, be it satellite reconnaissance, be it technology intercept, or what have you….”
For example:
<In 2017, Israel shared intelligence about an ISIS bomb plot – centered in Syria – involving explosives camouflaged as laptop batteries, designed to fool airports x-ray machines, leading to the tightening of US and global airport security. Israel has, also, provided the US crucial intelligence on ISIS activities, such as the identity of Westerners who joined ISIS and drone-gathered intelligence over ISIS-controlled area, which enhanced US airstrikes.
<Leading to the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of Iran’s Quds Force, which orchestrates global anti-US Iranian terrorism, Israel assisted in the profiling of Soleimani and tracking his cell phones, which facilitated the determination of his precise location in Baghdad.
<Israel has provided the U.S. with intelligence on Iran’s sophisticated ballistic and drone programs, which target every pro-US Arab regime, Western Europe and the US itself (through Iran’s Latin American foothold). Israeli intelligence tipped off the US about imminent Iranian drone and missile strikes on US installations in Syria, Jordan and Iraq.
<In July 2003, Brig. General Michael Vane, Deputy Chief of Staff at the US Army Training and Doctrine Command stated that Israel’s counter-terrorism experience shaped the US war on terrorism.
<In 1968-70, during the War of Attrition against Soviet-supported Egypt, Israel shared with the US its own aerial tactics – in the face of Soviet missiles – which saved the lives of gunship pilots during the Vietnam War.
<During the Cold War era, Israel provided the U.S. with critical intelligence on Soviet strategic missiles capabilities – which bolstered the US defense against a non-conventional offensive – such as Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle, warhead technology, and advantages and vulnerabilities of hundreds of tons of Soviet military systems, which were captured/hit during Israel-Arab wars and delivered by defecting Arab pilots (e.g., P-12 Soviet radar snatched from Egypt in 1969, MiG-21, MiG-17 and MiG-23 Soviet combat in 1966, 1968 and 1989 respectively, T-54, T-55, T-62 and T-72 Soviet tanks, SA-2 and SA-6 surface-to-air missile batteries and their radars, etc.). The Israeli contribution was significant in terms of research and development, reverse-engineering, radar jamming, battle tactics, global industrial competitiveness and increased export.
The bottom line:
In 1923, Col. Richard Meinertzhagen, the Chief British Intelligence Officer in the western Middle East, stated: “I’ve always considered the Land of Israel to be the key to the defense of the Middle East…. When a Jewish State will be established, Britain shall benefit from air force, naval and land bases… as well as Jewish fighting capabilities… which will secure its long-term regional interests…. Unlike the Arabs, Jews are reliable and do comply with agreements…. The British policy in the Middle East bets on the wrong horse, when appeasing the Arabs….”
While Britain ignored Meinertzhgen’s assessment, and lost its power projection in the Middle East and beyond, the US has recognized Israel’s role as a unique force and dollar multiplier – not a foreign aid recipient, but a beneficiary of a highly-appreciated US investment, which generates a staggering annual Return-on-Investment.
Yoram Ettinger
Source: https://theettingerreport.com/israel-intelligence-bounty-for-the-usa/
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