WikiLeaks diplomatic cables suggest South Korea was pushed by United States to buy the RQ-4 Global Hawk.
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Belgium is potential customer for F-35
Belgium’s defense minister Pieter De Crem told the U.S. ambassador to Belgium that Brussels could buy the F-35 in 2020.
Canada may not have sufficient fighters to defend airspace
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable says Canada will only have 34 operational F/A-18s to defend the country and the number will shrink to 24 once it transitions to the F-35.
Israel expects Hezbollah to rain 400-600 missiles each day in next war
According to documents revealed by WikiLeaks, Israel is expecting the Hezbollah to fire 400-600 missiles into its territory during the next war.
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LM agreed to Thaksin’s idea of chicken for F-16s
A Reuters special report on U.S weapons sales tactics gleamed from data obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Lockheed Martin had agreed to former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s demands to pay for F-16s using 80,000 frozen chicken back in 2005.
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