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| Kuwait: US arms deal include 28 F/A-18, worth $5 bln |
| 2016-11-21 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Kuwait’s Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah said his country’s arms deal with the United States includes only 28 F/A-18 fighter jets, worth $5 billion, local Al Rai newspaper reported him as saying on Sunday. Jarrah, who is also Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister, dismissed reports that the US Department has approved a possible $10.1 billion military sale of 40 F/A-18 aircrafts to his government. Sources told Al Rai said the deal was not made "in a day as others believe," but bore its fruition after "a long process of negotiation." Reports of Kuwait purchasing 40 fight jets from the US was a heated topic especially among hopefuls running for the upcoming parliamentary election scheduled to take place on Nov. 26. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Jordan isn't getting F-35s. They get second hand F-16s and other donated aircraft. |
| Posted by: Chomomble Spomoting2824 2016-11-21 14:59 |
| #2 The Iranophillic Obama admin has been stalling for years fighter aircraft purchases for Kuwait and Qatar. Qatar finally bought 24 French Rafales before the Obama admin relented on the purchases of F-18Es for Kuwait and F-15QAs for Qatar. |
| Posted by: Chomomble Spomoting2824 2016-11-21 14:56 |
| #1 Hmmm...Israel and Jordan get F35s. Kuwait gets F18s because they need them NOW? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-11-21 13:30 |