A delivery in this timeframe could prove highly significant since it coincides with the highest tensions between Israel and the Islamic Republic since the latter’s inception.
Israel has something like 35000 people in it’s air force. That’s a tiny air force.
That’s very relative. While it may seem tiny from US or Chinese POV it’s more than the whole militaries of many European nations even twice as big as Israel.
Israel only has around 9 million people. Yes they have more than some comparable countries, and thanks to US military aid, they have a formidable military, but they’re tapped. They have mandatory service. The people that are capable of being fighter pilots are fighter pilots.
Other countries have mobilization that can happen. Israel doesn’t really have that to a huge degree.
That’s very relative. While it may seem tiny from US or Chinese POV it’s more than the whole militaries of many European nations even twice as big as Israel.
Israel only has around 9 million people. Yes they have more than some comparable countries, and thanks to US military aid, they have a formidable military, but they’re tapped. They have mandatory service. The people that are capable of being fighter pilots are fighter pilots.
Other countries have mobilization that can happen. Israel doesn’t really have that to a huge degree.