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Article: Knesset to weigh in on JSF purchase. Post revealed this week that fighter jet may cost more than expected
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YAAKOV KATZ
Jerusalem Post
05-28-2009
Headline: Knesset to weigh in on JSF purchase. Post revealed this week that fighter jet may cost more than expected
Byline: YAAKOV KATZ
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 07
Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will hold a special session to debate IDF plans to purchase the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) stealth fighter jet from Lockheed Martin.
A request to hold the session was submitted to committee chairman Tzahi Hanegbi by Kadima MK Nahman Shai, in the wake of reports in The Jerusalem Post and other media about the increasing cost of the plane and the Pentagon's refusal to allow the air force to integrate its own ...