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David__77

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Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:43 AM Jun 2024

US officials say thousands of 2,000-pound bombs shipped to Israel since Oct. 7

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two US officials briefed on an updated list of weapons shipments.

Between the war’s start last October and recent days, the United States has transferred at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air-to-ground missiles, 1,000 bunker-buster bombs, 2,600 air-dropped small-diameter bombs, and other munitions, according to the officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly.

While the officials didn’t give a timeline for the shipments, the totals suggest there has been no significant drop-off in US military support for its ally, despite international calls to limit weapons supplies and a recent administration decision to pause a shipment of powerful bombs.



https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-officials-say-thousands-of-2000-pound-bombs-shipped-to-israel-since-oct-7/

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US officials say thousands of 2,000-pound bombs shipped to Israel since Oct. 7 (Original Post) David__77 Jun 2024 OP
No timeline, no way to determine if there was a drop off. Igel Jul 2024 #1

Igel

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1. No timeline, no way to determine if there was a drop off.
Tue Jul 2, 2024, 07:47 PM
Jul 2024

"Drop off" has to be measured as a change in quantity shipped over a specified time interval. If we don't have quantity as a function of time, there's no way to calculate the slope.

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