Sureeeeeee we had to buy our weapons from Russia, you got them for free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War#U.S._aid_to_Israel
Israel had received between 34 to 40
F-4 fighter-bombers, 46
A-4 attack airplanes, 12
C-130 cargo airplanes, 8
CH-53helicopters, 40
unmanned aerial vehicles, 200
M-60/
M-48A3 tanks, 250
armored personnel carriers, 226 utility vehicles, 12
MIM-72 Chaparral surface-to-air missile systems, 3
MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile systems, 36 155 mm artillery pieces, 7 175 mm artillery pieces, large quantities of 105 mm, 155 mm and 175 mm ammunition,
state of the art equipment, such as the
AGM-65 Maverick missile and the
BGM-71 TOW, weapons that had only entered production one or more years prior, as well as highly advanced electronic jamming equipment. Most of the combat airplanes arrived during the war, and many were taken directly from
United States Air Force units. Most of the large equipment arrived after the ceasefire. The total cost of the equipment was approximately US$800 million (US$4.26 billion today).
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On October 13 and 15, Egyptian air defense radars detected an aircraft at an altitude of 25,000 metres (82,000 ft) and a speed of Mach 3, making it impossible to intercept either by fighter or SAM missiles. The aircraft proceeded to cross the whole of the canal zone, the naval ports of the Red Sea (Hurghada and Safaga), flew over the airbases and air defenses in the
Nile delta, and finally disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea. The speed and altitude were those of the U.S.
SR-71 Blackbird, a long-range strategic-reconnaissance aircraft. According to Egyptian commanders, the intelligence provided by the reconnaissance flights helped the Israelis prepare for the Egyptian attack on October 14 and assisted it in conducting Operation Stouthearted Men.
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