Israel asks US for more bombs [View all]

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US president Barack Obama meets with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House earlier this week. Photograph: Martin H. Simon/Bloomberg

srael has asked the United States for advanced "bunker-buster" bombs and refuelling planes that could improve its ability to attack Iran's underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official said today.

"Such a request was made" around the time of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week, the official said, confirming media reports.

But the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the issue, played down as "unrealistic" reports that the United States would condition supplying the hardware on Israel promising not to attack Iran this year.

Mr Netanyahu told US president Barack Obama at a White House meeting yesterday that Israel had not yet decided on military action against Iran, sources close to the talks said.



*** i think U.S. bomb manufacturers are in for a nice check.