$10.8 bln "bunker-buster" US sells to UAE & Saudia

[Yzd Khalifa]

So on surface house of saud showing tantrum but in reality it has no choice but surrender Saudi people wealth to US to buy security hedge to stay in power. This further proves ambiguity of house of saud will do this and that are pure farce except for its ongoing terror acts.

Don't you think you are abusing the word " Tantrum '' too much? Did you just pick it up or something? Pity

Meanwhile, your friends can't take such procurment

Ahmadinejad slams neighbors for buying US arms - 05182012 news am

@Syrian Lion

You may refer to that link above as well, the US economy remains nu.1 with or without this sale

don't ever use God's name in vain....

and it is your money... however instead of buying.. spend that money on R&D and make your own weapons, planes, and bombs...

These weapons are being used for the sole purpose you mentioned above.

 

[United]

The package is noteworthy because it includes several weapons types that will be exported to these countries for the first time. It will give both countries a level of precision strike that previously did not exist.

The package includes:

650 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)
973 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW)
400 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles
1000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB)
40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles
4 Dummy Air Training Missiles
60 AWW-13 Data Link pods
10 JSOW CATMs
40 Harpoon CATMs
20 ATM-84L Harpoon Exercise Missiles
36 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build trainers
The package for the UAE is worth $4 billion and includes:
5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage systems
8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles for aircraft integration
16 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build trainers
1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW)
10 JSOW CATMs
300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)
40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles
20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles
4 Dummy Air Training Missiles
30 AWW-13 Data Link pods
Also included in packages is integration support and testing, munitions storage security and training, weapon operational flight program software development, tools test and support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel and equipment training, US Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services and other related elements of logistics support.

The weapons will be used with Saudi Arabia's fleet of F-15SA fighter aircraft and in the UAE, the weapons will equip the existing fleet of almost 80 F-16E/F Block 60 fighter aircraft that the UAE purchased in 2000. They're the most advanced version of the widely used F-16 and the UAE is the only user of its kind anywhere