Saudi Arabia buys in the US ammunition for $ 1, 29 billion

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The US State Department approved the sale of Saudi Arabia guided bombs and other ammunition totaling more than 40 thousand units worth $ 1,29 billion, transfers RIA News a message from the US Defense Cooperation Agency.

Saudi Arabia buys in the US ammunition for $ 1, 29 billion


“The proposed sale of (ammunition) will increase the capabilities of Saudi Arabia to repel current and future threats from potential adversaries during the fighting. The supply of defense products will support the defense operations of Saudi Arabia and will contribute to stability in the region ", - said in a release.

It is reported that part of the bombs "will have a laser guidance, and is designed to hit particularly fortified and protected objects."

The release also states that "the supply of American weapons will increase the interoperability of Saudi Arabia with the United States in the defense sector."
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  1. +7
    17 November 2015 09: 56
    The Saudis will definitely transfer part of the ammunition to ISIS, or they will buy everything for ISIS.
    1. +1
      17 November 2015 09: 58
      Everything is for IG! Everything to defeat Assad!
      Pancake,
      guided bombs and other ammunition totaling over 40 thousand units worth $ 1,29 billion
      !!
      And even
      part of the bombs "will have laser guidance, and is intended to destroy specially fortified and protected objects."

      100% want to "Accidentally" get into Assad! And then - excuse me, according to "our" data there were terrorists + the weather knocked down the tip + blah, blah, blah!
      1. +12
        17 November 2015 10: 26
        Here, most likely, just the deflection of mattress covers in front of the Saudis, in order to transfer such bombs to barmales, you need to transfer delivery vehicles, but no one will transfer planes to them. In Yemen, this is all intended.
    2. +6
      17 November 2015 09: 59
      Quote: avvg
      They will pass exactly frequently to ISIS.

      And why the hell are bombs? Will they charge in trebuchet?
      1. +2
        17 November 2015 10: 30
        The Americans are not shy, they’re not afraid of a knife or a damn!
        ISIS openly armed, and laser bombs are camouflage .....
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    3. +5
      17 November 2015 10: 00
      What carriers will these nomads bomb from? Rather, they stock up for Yemen. Perhaps even for Syria.
      1. +5
        17 November 2015 10: 57
        Quote: DenZ
        What carriers will these nomads bomb from? Rather, they stock up for Yemen. Perhaps even for Syria.

        Or I don’t understand you, Dear colleague, you just joked. But for information. The Saudi Arabian Air Force is superior in equipment to the air forces of many NATO states, for example, Germany and Great Britain, and includes all types of aircraft, including AWACS and tankers. Moreover, the last purchases were the most "advanced" versions of the F-15SA and CE, similar modernized versions, the rather successful F-15 is in service only with the US Air Force. I have no information on the degree and level of training of the flight personnel, but the level of prestige of the Royal Air Force among the Saudis is quite high.
        Do not consider, colleague, for moralizing. Exclusively out of objectivity. hi
        1. +2
          17 November 2015 11: 14
          Quote: Vladimir 1964
          Do not consider, colleague, for moralizing. Exclusively out of objectivity.


          Most likely, DenZ meant by the nomads of the IS militants, about whom they already started shouting in the comments above that the Saudis are buying ammunition for them ...

          PS Actually, a strange policy is being pursued by the United States, very strange ... Just yesterday, Putin spoke openly at the summit about the countries, including the G20, which finance ISIS, and today the United States and the Saudis are doing everything to incite even more bonfire of war in the Middle East ...

          We will never have any common goal with them in the fight against terrorism in general, and with IS in particular ...

          Some countries, and specifically the USA, are now profitable to solve their economic problems precisely by unleashing a series of wars and bringing chaos to the world ...

          PS And when you consider that yesterday at the UN, they, the United States, previously tried to deprive them of the right to veto, imagine now their bitterness ...
          1. +1
            17 November 2015 12: 01
            Quote: veksha50
            PS And when you consider that yesterday at the UN, they, the United States, previously tried to deprive them of the right to veto, imagine now their bitterness ...

            I hope you noticed, Dear colleague, that I never argue with you. lol
            But in this situation, I agree to recognize not only your case, but also the seriousness of the situation. hi
        2. +2
          17 November 2015 11: 15
          Quote: Vladimir 1964
          Quote: DenZ
          What carriers will these nomads bomb from? Rather, they stock up for Yemen. Perhaps even for Syria.

          Or I don’t understand you, Dear colleague, you just joked. But for information. The Saudi Arabian Air Force is superior in equipment to the air forces of many NATO states, for example, Germany and Great Britain, and includes all types of aircraft, including AWACS and tankers. Moreover, the last purchases were the most "advanced" versions of the F-15SA and CE, similar modernized versions, the rather successful F-15 is in service only with the US Air Force. I have no information on the degree and level of training of the flight personnel, but the level of prestige of the Royal Air Force among the Saudis is quite high.
          Do not consider, colleague, for moralizing. Exclusively out of objectivity. hi


          Yes everything is correct! hi
          There was simply a version that part of the bombs would be transferred to the igil! We are talking about this.
          1. 0
            17 November 2015 12: 02
            Quote: arane
            Yes everything is correct!
            There was simply a version that part of the bombs would be transferred to the igil! We are talking about this.

            Colleague, grateful for the answer. hi
      2. -1
        17 November 2015 12: 25
        They will sort it out into components, extract explosives, imagine how much it will turn out from 40 thousand bombs ??? !!! And here’s another terrorist attack (((
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    5. +4
      17 November 2015 10: 01
      Ig, all this in FIG is not necessary. But the Saudis themselves in Yemen need. Consumption of BP is not quite frail. They themselves do not produce anything like this, which means they must buy. request
      1. +4
        17 November 2015 10: 04
        I agree. Of course, the Hussites will be bombed. You see, no one in the BV is going to make peace.
    6. 0
      17 November 2015 10: 16
      Since when did bombs become a defensive weapon ?! Let us again place defensive expanders and poplars with armor on a cube
      1. 0
        17 November 2015 11: 34
        Why do morons bomb? what
        The American fleet was registered there (Saudi Arabia is the main US ally outside NATO) or the "exceptional" ones convinced the narrow-minded that they would definitely not survive without bombs. laughing
        1. -1
          17 November 2015 12: 26
          They will sort it out into components, extract explosives, imagine how much it will turn out from 40 thousand bombs ??? !!! And here’s another terrorist attack (((
    7. 0
      17 November 2015 11: 36
      Quote: avvg
      The Saudis will definitely transfer part of the ammunition to ISIS, or they will buy everything for ISIS.

      Here Yemen is destined. The IG has no delivery means.
    8. +1
      17 November 2015 13: 07
      why did ISIS already have aviation with NATO guidance systems?
    9. 0
      17 November 2015 13: 26
      Putin in Turkey said that more than 40 countries supply the igils, and the territory in Syria is half of the igil territories, the question is: what about the rest of the territories? and with "suppliers"? all under the knife? what
    10. 0
      17 November 2015 13: 56
      Yes, maybe just in Yemen they have abated? Warehouses began to empty ...
    11. 0
      17 November 2015 14: 09
      Quote: avvg
      The Saudis will definitely transfer part of the ammunition to ISIS, or they will buy everything for ISIS.

      Yeah, especially the precision ... wink
  2. +6
    17 November 2015 09: 57
    and no one screams that the Saudis have problems with the budget ...

    but sho the bomb with the laser pointer sand in the desert better plows? They are afraid of Iran ..
    1. 0
      17 November 2015 10: 03
      The income from stolen oil, ISIS hands, will block the cost of armaments.
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  3. +11
    17 November 2015 09: 59
    I will express my opinion - not a horse feed. If the army does not want to fight - if you put it in diamond armor and arm it with Jedi swords - there will be no sense.
    1. 0
      17 November 2015 10: 03
      I agree, the warriors from the Arabs are the same, although the radicals are fighting hard. I wonder where they will be the remote control of these 40 bombs, maybe the Saud immediately from the Russian Federation send one to 000 mgt under their own power, so to speak a gift from the heart.
  4. +7
    17 November 2015 10: 05
    will increase the interoperability of Saudi Arabia with the US in the defense sector
    And when you recall, please, did the states defend themselves? Always only attack, destruction. Prepare another dirty trick.
    1. 0
      17 November 2015 10: 21
      Quote: EvgNik
      And when you recall, please, did the states defend themselves? Always only attack, destruction.

      And all this thanks to the vast distances to the American continent of resource-rich territories of the rest of the world. The vipers under the oceans hid behind the oceans like behind a huge wall, and unrequitedly crap the rest of the world. That's what they earn by collecting tribute from all.
    2. 0
      17 November 2015 10: 27
      Interoperability is such a state of troops and military command and control organs when they can effectively work together. In more detail, these are the compatible (similar) procedures (the American term) for military planning, the compatibility of communications, troop and weapon control systems, communications, compatible approaches to organizing material and technical support for troop actions, compatible ammunition for main types of weapons, and much more another.
      1. 0
        17 November 2015 10: 45
        Quote: Army 2
        Interoperability is the state of troops and military command and control bodies.

        Well, this is so clear, thanks. But what exactly did you want to say with your post? And what do you attach this post of yours to? Try not to confuse other people with your very clever remarks, in my post it was something else, there was a clarification of the reasons for such behavior of the country in connection with the peculiarities of the geographical location. Apparently you thought about something else, about something about your own, without going into the essence of the topic.
  5. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 06
    Of course, part of it will be transferred to ISIS, but the Saudis still have a war in Yemen, and there the Hussites have drowned another ship of the Saudi Navy - this is the fifth in a row. If this goes on, the Saudis will soon need a new fleet.
  6. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 08
    who buys something, and whoever chooses to get everything for free. But the hostilities in both territories do not stop the burning debts even.
  7. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 22
    What an interesting term "interoperability" belay
  8. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 24
    Democratically leveling the hospital in Yemen ........
  9. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 24
    Glass fools .... not for long, or lose, or split.
  10. 0
    17 November 2015 10: 47
    It’s interesting how the price of oil would have jumped, and how much terrorists around the world would lose if Sa.Ar. suddenly ... ... ??
  11. +2
    17 November 2015 10: 59
    We have already seen the capabilities of the army of the SAR, not some ammunition and what equipment will not help if the army is SHIT.
  12. +1
    17 November 2015 11: 04
    over 40 thousand units worth $ 1,29 billion

    One feels that they have abated in Yemen. A friend of the United States will gladly throw up ammunition, especially for money, to continue aggressive actions. And if there’s still a conversation about cartridges and anti-tank missiles, then part will go to the IG necessarily.
  13. 0
    17 November 2015 12: 16
    The Saudi army is fighting, and like any army it needs to upgrade ammunition, because it doesn’t produce it, it buys over the hill what’s wrong .. The fact that IS weapons come from Saudi Arabia is a well-established practice, the same as Russian weapons that get through Hezbollah Syria.

    We all help the Lebanese Hezbollah (http://lenta.ru/news/2015/07/01/hezbollah/ for all that the United States, the Saudis, that Russia has terrorist organizations loyal to them, which they help in their geopolitical interests) ), The United States helps AnNusra, the Saudis help everyone who wants to overwhelm Alavit Assad. The practice of double standards is common here, it was, it is, it always will be. There are no innocent lambs here either.
  14. -1
    17 November 2015 12: 28
    Guys, what are you arguing about? Of course, all versions have a place to be, but personally, I’m inclined if the IG gets it all and they don’t have delivery vehicles, the result is as follows: They will sort it out, extract explosives, imagine how many 40 thousand bombs come out ??? !!! And here’s another terrorist attack (((
    1. +1
      17 November 2015 12: 37
      Doesn’t it seem absurd to buy expensive ammunition, with smart stuffing, in order for the terrorists to take apart these bombs and fuse explosives from there? It may be easier to buy Explosive in its purest form and deliver it where you need it, or in extreme cases buy old ammunition from stocks of Eastern European countries at worst, than engage in such nonsense
      laughing
  15. -1
    17 November 2015 13: 06
    4uvstuiut neliudi 4to pridetsia derzat otvet, no ni pomozet. 4as rasplaty
    blizok! Vozmezdie ne otvratimo!
    1. +3
      17 November 2015 14: 09
      Quote: marinier
      4uvstuiut neliudi 4to pridetsia derzat otvet, no ni pomozet. 4as rasplaty
      blizok! Vozmezdie ne otvratimo!

      Mogan speaking. laughing

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