Lavi (“狮”) 以色列研制的多用途战斗机,一头酷似“战隼”的“狮”。
- To the UJA's Mr. Lavi, appointing such a representative is "somehow tragic" given the delicate state of relations.
- Lavi, an Iranian-born resident of New York's Long Island, became involved with the Carter administration after first contacting the campaign of independent presidential candidate John Anderson.
- Although all ministers stressed that their decision was based solely on Israel's strategic and economic interests, there had been no missing the Reagan administration's overt attempts to sway the decision in favor of ditching the Lavi.
- The report said South African forces would be equipped with long-range artillery and sophisticated Lavi aircraft.
- They also question whether the U.S. could provide Israel with a plane comparable to the Lavi at a cheaper cost.
- It entails discontinuing the Lavi's development while minimizing the damage to Israel Aircraft Industries, or IAI, 5,000 of whose 20,000 employees were directly involved in the project.
- Mr. Peres had previously been among the Lavi's staunchest advocates.
- Carter advisers scuttled the plan after determining arms dealer Houshang Lavi didn't have the backing of then-Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, according to documents obtained by the Miami Herald.
- The decision to abandon the Lavi left Israel Aircraft Industries, the country's largest single employer, without a clear future.
- The 10-point message was clearly meant to shore up Mr. Peres's contention that the U.S. was committed to helping Israel maintain a high level of technological research and development following the eclipse of the Lavi.