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Swedish Government Hides Plan for Saudi Weapons Plant
Confidential documents show Sweden is in the advanced planning stages of helping totalitarian state Saudi Arabia build an advanced weapons factory, Swedish Radio News has revealed. The project, nicknamed Simoom (the word for a high-temperature desert wind, derived from the Arabic “smm”, which means “to poison”), began in 2007 and is being led by the [...]
India, Saudi Arabia to Set Up Joint Defence Cooperation Committee
To give a boost to the defence ties between the two countries, India and Saudi Arabia have decided to set up a Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation to work out the contours of the relationship. The decision was taken at the delegation level talks between the two countries in Riyadh on Tuesday. The Indian delegation [...]
The Military Aircraft Avionics Market 2012-2022
Avionics systems are central to the competitiveness and utility of aircraft acting throughout the world. Used within numerous combat situations and for efforts such as search and rescue, surveillance, reconnaissance and humanitarian relief; avionics systems form a central component of a nation’s military aircraft power. Our analysis has concluded that worldwide government spending on military [...]
Saudi ‘pledges secure energy supply’ to South Korea
Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from Iran, a report said on Wednesday. The assurances came as South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi and [...]
Amidst Regional Changes, Middle East Arms Bazaar Remains Open
While the news coming out of the Middle East over the past year has focused upon the percolations of restless societies, two aspects remain consistent amidst the region’s sea of political unrest: strong levels of investment in security forces and the appetite for defense-related acquisitions. The market for arms sales in the Middle East continues [...]
The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry and the Future of Middle East Security
Saudi Arabia and Iran have often behaved as serious rivals for influence in the Middle East and especially the Gulf area since at least Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. While both nations define themselves as Islamic, the differences between their foreign policies could hardly be more dramatic. In most respects, Saudi [...]
F-15 Sale to Saudi Arabia Part of Broader Effort
The recently announced $29.4 billion sale of F-15SA fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia is just one part of a broader U.S.-Saudi military sales and defense cooperation effort that’s central to regional security, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. U.S. officials announced an agreement Dec. 29 to sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets and upgrades for [...]
Saudi Arabia to purchase 84 F-15SA, upgrade current F-15 fleet
Air Force officials announced the next chapter in a partnership with the Royal Saudi Air Force as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently signed a $29.4 billion Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer and Acceptance solidifying their plans to purchase 84 F-15SA fighter aircraft and upgrade their current fleet of 70 F-15S aircraft to the [...]
U.S. to Sell F-15 Fighters to Saudi Arabia
The United States will sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets and upgrades for 70 existing aircraft to Saudi Arabia under a nearly $29.4 billion agreement, U.S. officials announced today. During a joint State Department and Defense Department briefing today, James N. Miller, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, and Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary [...]
