nikcers
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The Tamir interceptor missiles, which the Iron Dome fires, are manufactured with components from Raytheon Technologies (RTX), formerly Raytheon, through their U.S. supply chain.Don't kid yourself the Israelis can build planes to bomb Gaza without US assistance. Hamas has very little AA. They could almost be bombed with a piper cub. You are wrong about the Iron dome. In fact they have considered exporting it, not importing. Also if the US dumped Israel, Europe would or even India are allies that could supply them.
Those interceptors and smart bombs, the development of the system, the training of the Israeli military by US special forces, the jets especially.
Most countries can't manufacture reliable jet engines that are military grade. Definitely not as powerful as the USA.
No they wouldn't be able to fight off a multi front war without the USA's military industrial complex.
No other country comes close to the scale and reliability of the USA's battle tested military hardware.