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2006-12-13 Arabia

Saudi's spending big money on an arms race...

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Posted by 3dc 2006-12-13 11:32|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And what guest-worker army are they planning to use all this stuff?

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-13 12:32|| 2006-12-13 12:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Mercenaries

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-12-13 12:33|| 2006-12-13 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Pakistanis and Egyptians.

Posted by ed 2006-12-13 13:10|| 2006-12-13 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 This spending on military toys has been ongoing for a while. They fear the Mullahs. Joke is, due to their lazy inbred children, no one can keep these toys going for long. Most likely try to bring in Germans. They could try Russkies, but they have an inherent mistrust of the Bear. Americans chafe too much living in the Magic Kingdom. French probably can't even maintain their own systems, let alone any others.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-13 16:50|| 2006-12-13 16:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I bet the Chinese are hustling hard to get into maintaining Saudi toys - but so far Saudi contracts with US prohibit it. At some point getting all new Chinese hardware and maintenance contracts will be cheaper than maintaining and adding to existing American origin hardware, and the Chinese will no doubt offer some serious 'loss leader' prices on Migs, etc.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-13 19:30|| 2006-12-13 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Land of the Twin = Two Holy Cities > must be Calfornia, NOT Saudi Arabia, becuz Radical Iran Like Chicom Genryuls has threatened California.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-13 23:17|| 2006-12-13 23:17|| Front Page Top

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