A-10: ISIL ir atgimstanti Rusija

By Brad Lendon, CNN
Updated 1512 GMT (2312 HKT) January 22, 2016

"When we made the decision on retiring the A-10*,

we made those decisions prior to ISIL*, we were not in Iraq, we were coming out of Afghanistan to a large extent, we didn't have a resurgent* Russia," Goldfein

said in an interview on "Defense News with Vago Muradian," scheduled for broadcast this weekend, according to the Defense News website.

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.

Number built	716[2]

Thunderbolt.

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Fairchild Aircraft was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas.

M7 Aerospace LP is the successor organization to Fairchild-Dornier Aviation, having bought much of that firm's assets out of bankruptcy.

On December 15, 2010, M7 was purchased by the United States subsidiary of the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems.[3]

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-based international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world.

Elbit Systems has approximately 12,000 employees, the majority of whom are engaged in engineering, research and development, and other technical areas.

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On September 3, 2009, the Norwegian Pension Fund's ethical council decided to sell the fund's stocks in Elbit due to the corporations supply of surveillance systems for the Israeli West Bank barrier.^[21] At a press conference to announce the decision, Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen said "We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law". The Norwegian Ambassador to Israel was called to a meeting at theIsraeli Foreign Ministry where the decision was protested.^[22]

In January 2010, Danske Bank added Elbit to the list of companies that fail its Socially Responsible Investment policy; a bank spokesman noted that it was acting in the interests of its customers by not 'placing their money in companies that violate international standards'.^[23][24] The Danish financial watchdog Danwatch has also placed Elbit on its ethical blacklist,^[25] and one of Denmark's largest pension fund administrators PKA Ltd announced it will no longer consider investing in Elbit, stating "The ICJ stated that the barrier only serves military purposes and violates Palestinian human rights. Therefore we have looked at whether companies produce custom-designed products to the wall and thus has a particular involvement in repressive activities."^[24]

In March 2010, a Swedish pension fund not wanting to be associated with companies which in its opinion are violating international treaties, boycotted Elbit Systems for being involved in constructing the Israeli West Bank security fence.^[26]

The company is also on the exclusion list of Aegon.^[27]

* A-10, ISIL, atgimstanti