
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2287354.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-saudi-idUSKBN18832N?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=59167ee704d30127af6d40de&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitterThe official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the arms package could end up surpassing more than $300 billion over a decade to help Saudi Arabia boost its defensive capabilities while still maintaining U.S. ally Israel's qualitative military edge over its neighbors.
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2771190.htmlUS plans to supply Nigeria with 12 Super Tucano
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on August 2, 2017, sent a notice to the US Congress about the planned forthcoming sale of Nigeria through the inter-governmental foreign military sales of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 12 turboprop light attack aircraft (training aircraft) Embraer A-29 (EMB-314) Super Tucano. The notice states that the US State Department has already given permission for this sale.
The estimated cost of delivery will be $ 593 million, including the cost of armament (indigestible), ground equipment, spare parts, technical support and training. The Sierra Nevada Corporation Centennial is the general contractor for the supply, so that the delivery of the Super Tucano will be carried out in the same way as the supply of these aircraft to Afghanistan and Lebanon - with their assembling from car kits at Sierra Nevada and Embraer joint venture in Jacksonville (state Florida).
The Trump administration has decided to unfreeze $195 million (147.97 million pounds) in military aid to Egypt which it had previously withheld because of concerns over Egypt’s human rights record, a U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.
The decision to allow Cairo to use the previously blocked funds is intended to recognise “steps Egypt has taken over the last year in response to specific U.S. concerns” and in the spirit of strengthening the partnership with Egypt, the official said.
GarryB wrote:China will see this as a very hostile act... which it basically is...
On 9th Jan 2020, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency ( DSCA ) announced that the US Department of State had just approved a potential Foreign Military Sale ( FMS ) to Singapore of up to 12 F-35B Short Take-Off And Vertical Landing ( STOVL ) aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of USD 2.75 billion.
Singapore's interest in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ( JSF ) program had began in Mar 2004 when it became a security cooperative participant. For a very long time the Singapore government seemed contented to just monitor the progress of the JSF program as it matured. There were numerous instances when defense analysts and news agencies had indicated that Singapore might be ready to acquire the F-35 but the JSF deal had remained elusive. It even failed to materialize during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the White House in 2016, at the invitation of President Obama.
All that changed in Jan 2019 when Minister for Defense Ng Eng Hen announced that Singapore had identified the F-35 as a suitable candidate to replace its ageing F-16 fighters and would be acquiring a small number of the stealthy 5th generation fighter for a full evaluation of its capabilities and suitability before deciding on a full fleet.
By Mar 2019 it was revealed that Singapore would be requesting for an initial four F-35 JSF with an option for eight more, variant unspecified. Months of media speculation followed, but we now know that Singapore has selected the F-35B, the STOVL version which is the most expensive among the three F-35 variants.
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