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A central part of the Al Yamamah deal was the sale of Tornado fighters to the Royal Saudi Air Force.. Al Yamamah (Arabic: اليمامة, lit. 'The Dove') is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 m 3) of crude oil per day to the British government. [1]
On October 20, 2010, the US State Department notified Congress of its intention to make the biggest arms sale in American history—an estimated $60.5 billion purchase by Saudi Arabia, trumping the former US-Saudi AWACS sale. The package represents a considerable improvement in the offensive capability of the Saudi armed forces.
Hawk 65 – Export version for the Royal Saudi Air Force. 30 ordered as part of Al Yamamah I arms deal in February 1986 with deliveries from August 1987 to October 1988. [112] [119] Hawk 65A – 20 were sold to Saudi Arabia as part of a follow-on order, to an improved standard, and delivered 1997. [112] [119]
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The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reported that the $1 billion arms sale package includes 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, worth more than $700 million, as well as armored bulldozers built ...
Saïd lived in Syria, the country of his birth, until his early twenties, when he left for Switzerland and worked as a banker, before making his fortune in the Saudi Arabian construction industry in the 1970s. He came to public prominence after helping facilitate the Al-Yamamah arms deal between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s.
The first Al-Yamamah agreement ordered 24 Tornado ADVs and 48 Tornado IDSs. [51] ... Guns. 1 × 27 mm (1.063 in) Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 180 rounds;
The Houston man pays over $6,000 a year ($550 a month) in HOA fees for his two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo, as he told local news station ABC13. But walking the news crew through his complex, he ...