US to sell $60 billion in advanced arms to Saudi, report

October 21, 2010 ⋅ 6:52 am ⋅ Post a comment

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The Obama administration has notified Congress that it plans to sell up to $60 billion in advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia, in one of the largest-ever single U.S. arms deals.
The State Department and Pentagon informed lawmakers on Wednesday of the sales that will include 84 new sophisticated F-15 fighter jets, upgrades to 70 existing Saudi F-15s, 190 helicopters and a wide array of missiles, bombs, launchers and equipment such as night-vision goggles and radar warning systems.

Officials said the deal is designed to improve Saudi Arabia’s defenses, promote stability in the Gulf and strengthen U.S. national security. Congress has 30 days to block the deal but the officials said they did not expect significant opposition. WP

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5 comments for “US to sell $60 billion in advanced arms to Saudi, report”

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JadM

I hope Saudi can spare us few of its new arms in order to have our army ready to defend our boarders for real instead of the light weapons they currently have that they are practically good for hunting birds and in day light and good weather lol.

Dear Mr, Saudi King,

Below is our list of weapons we need to arm our army:

24 new f15s fighters upgraded with bluetooth and comes with a free nokia car kit, make sure to send enough Jet fuel with each fighter and the figher’s tanks to be full on delivery-you know we are trying to save money
10 missile launchers with 20 free barrles of petrol with each
2 radar systems in order to accurately count how many times per day Isreal invades our air space instead of speculating
2 submarines and make sure each is equipped with big kitchens and a charcole grill- you know how much we like to eat, especailly grilled meat, no need to send any fuel with the submarines since we will never use them anyways

While your at it, bring the Saudi army to Lebanon and forget all of the above requests…it became a tradition in Lebanon to have a foreign army protecting us anyways….we already tried, Syria, Hezbullah, UN, the USA….It is you turn now…
Anonymous

they keep buying those hightech planes for self defense fearing that iran maybe is going to invade them but the problem is they do,nt even know how to fly those planes
they still need the us help to protect them if they were attacked by iran

http://www.cadmeia.com Hannibal

If the Saudis have the money to buy such planes, they do have the money to learn how to fly them… The U.S. is there to protect the oil supply not the people of Saudi Arabia and please spare me the rhetoric of thank God for the U.S. and the U.N. Read Noam Chomsky’s “Hegemony or Survival” and John Perkins’ “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” and his second book “The Secret History of the American Empire” then decide for yourself why western forces are in oil-rich countries.

Anonymous

saudi army already training with latest equipment! heres a clip…..iran will think twice about attacking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkgfrS9FanU&feature=related

http://www.cadmeia.com Hannibal

lol Maria…You are relentless.

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