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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

USAF to purchase 20 Python 5 missiles

This will be the first time that the US Air Force has purchased air-to-air missiles from a foreign manufacturer.

Python 5 Full Sphere air-to-air missileUS defense news magazine “Defense News” reports that the US Air Force is to buy 20 Python 5 Full Sphere air-to-air missiles from Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd., for a F-16 fighter squadron stationed at Nevada.

Should the negotiations lead to a contract, this will be the first time that the US Air Force has purchased air-to-air missiles from a foreign manufacturer. Sources at Rafael’s US office declined to comment on the report.

“Air-to-air missiles are a matter of masculinity, like fighter aircraft or tanks. Missiles like these are the kind of weapon that fighting organizations find difficult to buy from a foreign party since they represent the core of their being,” said former Pentaon official Frank Cevasco, who managed international development and production programs under four US defense secretaries.

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