he gave more detail on the military aid package to both ukraine and israel. well, a big chunk of this appears to be about replenishing and indeed expanding israel s integrated air and missile defense systems. we, of course, don t know the full range of what was expended when israel was defending itself against iran s attack recently. but some estimates have put it at one and a half billion pounds. and this list includes probably both missiles and new launch systems for both david s sling and the iron dome system. there s also some money in there for the laser based system that israel has been developing, the irom beam. 0k, matthew, turning to this long awaited package for ukraine, in that war with with russia. timing, of course, is everything.
much-needed military aid for israel. israel has been at war since october 7th, israel has been depleting its ammunition and and has been depleting iron dome and david s sling and arrow 2 and 3, the missile defense systems that have saved countless lives. and so i think it is important that we provide that israel military aid. the democrats have delayed that seven months now. i think it s important that that be in there. there s also, very important in this bill, is the tiktok prohibition. that is major, major legislation. you and i have talked before about a tiktok. i have deep, deep concerns about tiktok controlled by the chinese communist government. i think the i chinese communist government is can, number one, use that for surveillance and espy manage of american citizens and, number two, hay use it aggressively to push propaganda, anti-america propaganda, to our young people. this bill s a major step forward in that it e forces china to divest of tiktok.
much-needed military aid for israel. israel has been at war since october 7th, israel has been depleting its ammunition and and has been depleting iron dome and david s sling and arrow 2 and 3, the missile defense systems that have saved countless lives. and so i think it is important that we provide that israel military aid. the democrats have delayed that seven months now. i think it s important that that be in there. there s also, very important in this bill, is the tiktok prohibition. that is major, major legislation. you and i have talked before about a tiktok. i have deep, deep concerns about tiktok controlled by the chinese communist government. i think the i chinese communist government is can, number one, use that for surveillance and espy manage of american citizens and, number two, hay use it aggressively to push propaganda, anti-america propaganda, to our young people. this bill s a major step forward in that it e forces china to divest of tiktok.
range of what was expended when israel was defending itself against iran s attack recently. but some estimates have put it at one and a half billion pounds. and this list includes probably both missiles and new launch systems for both david s sling and the iron dome system. there s also some money in there for the laser based system that israel has been developing, the iron beam. 0k, matthew, turning to this long awaited package for ukraine, in that war with with russia. timing, of course, is everything. it could well arrive within the week if everything gets signed off senate and, of course, president biden. the question is, though, how effective will it be? is this just going to extend the war or could it actually lead to a win? i mean, in terms of this package, what you re looking at here is much needed relief to help
when israel was defending itself against iran s attack recently. but some estimates have put it at £1.5 billion. and this list includes probably both missiles and new launch systems for both david s sling and the iron dome system. there s also some money in there for the laser based system that israel has been developing, the irom beam. 0k, matthew, turning to this long awaited package for ukraine, in that war with with russia timing, of course, is everything. it could well arrive within the week if everything gets signed off senate and, of course, president biden. the question is, though, how effective will it be? is this just going to extend the war or could it actually lead to a win? i mean, in terms of this package, what you re looking at here is much needed relief to help the ukrainians effectively put up a more effective defence this year.