Israel ordered 25 advanced warplanes that won’t be available until the next decade.
Lockheed Martin, the U.S. firm producing the F-35 fighter jet, said Thursday that Israel put in a request for 25 of the planes at $80 million each.
The first F-35s are expected to come off the factory line in the beginning of the next decade. They are being offered first to U.S. forces and then to a small number of partner countries abroad.
Also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, or JSF, the F-35 would extend Israel’s reach over enemies such as Syria and Iran, as well as allow for stealth attacks and reconaissance missions.
An Israeli woman visiting New Zealand surprised a group of workmen by stripping when they cat-called her.
The unnamed tourist was trying to withdraw money from an ATM in the northern town of Kerikeri when she heard suggestive whistles from construction workers, the New Zealand Press Association reported Thursday.
Surprising her harassers, she stripped bare and then, cash in hand, got dressed again, but was still questioned about the incident by police.
“She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New Zealand men,” Peter Masters, a police sergeant, told NZPA. “She’s not an unattractive-looking lady.”
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