This is John Batchelor, speaking with Bradley Bowman of the Foundation for the Defense of

Democracy's about the need for a defense industrial base, not only in the U.S. but especially

in Israel.

The headlines from the Jerusalem Post, Israel looking for alternative weapon suppliers

amid US criticism.

Israeli official claimed that Israel's main anchor is the US,

but tensions are currently high regarding entry into Raffa,

which will likely affect security assistance. A long way around to saying

Israel doesn't necessarily count on the US to give it what it needs and its war

with Hamas and potential war with Hezbollah.

Bradley Bowman and his colleague Richard Goldberg are recommending a defense industrial

base in Israel as well as the United States.

And here, how will they work together?

Bradley Bowman on the idea of preparing for the future in Israel and the United States given the conditions of the attack by

the Iranian surrogates Hamas, Hezbollah, Ahuthis, and other bad actors.

A huge advantage and that's a central premise of what I've argued for years is that, and that's

one of the big ideas behind the US-Israel operations technology working groups, something

I started pushing for in 2019.

When two military, two allied militaries, can work on developing weapons systems together,

then they can pull their innovation.

Americans can benefit from Israeli agility.

Israelis can benefit from American's economy of scale.

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