[nyolfen]

the uk flew a refueling sortie out of qatar for the israelis supporting this strike. i will let you draw your own conclusions about who knew what

[openasocket]

I'm skeptical of that claim. I'm not even sure the Israelis would need refueling assets for this. According to the DoD source in the article, the ALBMs were fired from aircraft over the red sea. That's not far from Israel. Depending on the aircraft used and the exact loadout aerial refueling would probably be unnecessary. If it was necessary, Israel has aerial refueling assets of its own: they were able to conduct a strike campaign against Iran, which is much further away, without foreign tanker support.

It just doesn't make sense to me. This seems well within Israel's own capabilities. Why would they even ask another country for support? Just adds diplomatic complexities and increases the risk of the strike getting leaked.

[nickdothutton]

It is my understanding that the UK refuelling system is incompatible with the one the Israelis use. Probe and drogue vs flying boom (or whatever the US/Israeli one is properly called).

[cm2187]

That surprises me, I thought all NATO planes were interoperable. Israel isn't part of NATO but their systems are mostly sold by NATO countries. US jets can't use UK tankers?

[hiatus]

Aren't their planes incompatible with the fueling requirements of the Israeli planes?

[alwayseasy]

They are incompatible. He is lying or not smart enough to filter out propaganda.

[pjc50]

Do you have confirmation of this given what people are saying below? If true it is yet another thing to complain to our MPs about.

[alwayseasy]

So you're saying the entire part about ALBMs (the crux of this article) is fake. Why not start with this then?

Maybe conspiracy theories are not welcome here.