Considering all the foreign aid we give to Israel - we probably paid for the R&D on this gun and should get a great discount. I think its a limited application trendy gun that has gotten too much publicity. I would be concerned with long term reliability and replacement parts.
And in turn they spend the majority of that money, BUYING defense products from US. We don't give them money out of kindness of our hearts, we give it beacuse of national security. Having a well armed aly right in the middle of the shitstorm with well established HUMIT and other intelligence capabilities, is worth every penny we give them. In fact:
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...Hh2eTw&usg=AFQjCNFJdmQb_sWj1EznePDrPnZJ3VfyzQ
In 2007, the Bush Administration and the Israeli government agreed to a 10-year, $30 billion
military aid package for the period from FY2009 to FY2018. During his March 2013 visit to
Israel, President Obama pledged that the United States would continue to provide Israel with
multi-year commitments of military aid subject to the approval of Congress.
The FY2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-76) provides the President’s full $3.1
billion request in FMF for Israel. In addition, it provides another $504 million in funding for
research, development, and production of Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket system ($235 million)
and of the joint U.S.-Israel missile defense systems David’s Sling ($149.7 million), the Arrow
improvement program (or Arrow II, $44.3 million), and Arrow III ($74.7 million).
So 3 Billion a year, which most gets spent with US defense firms, along with funding development of many programs and systems that directly benefit the US........
Let me know if IWI will suggest if you should to switch to Geissele or Timney triggers on their guns. IWI will always tell you to keep the stock trigger not for reliability issues, but for legal issues.
Thats a poor straw-man argument. I know damn well that if you called Micheal Kasner like I said, he would without a doubt advise you to use either of those aftermarket triggers before you start removing or clipping springs in the factory gun. Try again.