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US Hawking F-15s to Saudis

For the paltry sum of $29.4B

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 29, 2011 5:32 AM CST

(Newser) – As Iran continues its saber-rattling, the US is responding by beefing up the military might of a regional ally. The Obama administration will announce the sale of $29.4 billion in F-15s to Saudi Arabia, sources tell the AP, in a deal for 84 new jets and upgrades to 70 existing ones. The fighter jets are part of an overarching $60 billion arms deal Washington cut last year with the Saudis, which also includes helicopters, missiles, bombs, and radar systems.

A US F-15 jet performs during MAKS-2011, the International Aviation and Space Show, in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, on August 16, 2011.
A US F-15 jet performs during MAKS-2011, the International Aviation and Space Show, in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, on August 16, 2011.   (Getty Images)
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jimmy1984
Dec 29, 2011 4:33 PM CST
Our leaders in Washington, DC are all guilty of treason. The U.S. government put in power every regime that has attacked us recently and need to be held accountable.
Observer
Dec 29, 2011 2:22 PM CST
That will make the world safer. And entrench us further into a permanently dangerous Wahabbist cesspool.
Watching4theMODS
Dec 29, 2011 11:14 AM CST
We get screwed at the pump so these nations can buy our arms. That has been going on for almost 40 years now. This is why we never broke the OPEC cartel (cartels are illegal in the US).  So if you want to support the Saudi's buy the biggest gas guzzler you can find and drive a lot. 

 
Middle East • Saudi Arabia • arms deal • F-15 fighter jet • US-Saudi Arabia arms deal

 
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