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2015-10-21 Arabia

U.S. to Sell Saudi Arabia Four Advanced Warships

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-10-21 01:21|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 When are we going to tell them off re religious intolerance?

Posted by paul 2015-10-21 07:08|| 2015-10-21 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 When the checks clear?

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-21 08:43|| 2015-10-21 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Who's going to crew the ships, Arabs are too proud to do manual labor? They'll be happy to be the officers.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2015-10-21 09:30|| 2015-10-21 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe the Saudis can hire Palestinians to holy stone and swab the decks.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-10-21 10:14|| 2015-10-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Reminds me of the Ayatollah class frigates that were sold to Iran but were never delivered because of the changes in Iran. I wonder if the folks writing the checks will be around..

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-21 10:20|| 2015-10-21 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Who's going to crew the ships, Arabs are too proud to do manual labor?

Saudi naval ships tended to have crews drawn from the coastal regions (i.e. fishermen, 'maritime trade,' etc.) The practice used to be those from the Gulf side were sent to the Red Sea side and vice versa. My experience was that they were capable, if properly led. Petty officers weren't a problem, but given that the RSN tended to be a make-work program for Saudi princes, command grade quality was lacking.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-21 11:28|| 2015-10-21 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 OTOH ASSOCIATED PRESS > OBAMA TO VETO US$612.0BILYUHN DEFENSE BILL ON SPENDING, CUBA.

To close GITMO, or to NOT close GITMO - clearly the US Govt. needs until Year 2100 or beyond to make a final decision???

As for the LCS, the US is repor planning to seriously upgrade its combat + information capabilities, so the KSA likely wants "in" on the New Super-MilTechs.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-21 23:41|| 2015-10-21 23:41|| Front Page Top

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