Tel Aviv, Feb 16 (UNI) A shipment of MK-84 heavy aerial bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, which was recently authorized by the Trump administration, has been delivered to Israel by sea, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
"In a joint operation led by the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Mission to the United States and the International Transportation Authority Unit of the Ministry’s Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD), a shipment of heavy aerial bombs recently released by the U.S. government was received and unloaded overnight (Saturday) in Israel," the ministry said in a statement.
The vessel, carrying heavy MK-84 munitions, docked and was unloaded at the Port of Ashdod. The munitions were loaded into trucks and transferred to Israeli air force bases, the statement added.