SAUDI AIRFORCE FUTURE

HI THERE,

I WAS WANDERING WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE MAOIN DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAUDI AIRFORCES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I FEEL THAT A MAJOR ARMS RACE HASZ STARED OFF IN THE MIDDLE EAST. sTATED OFF WITH ISRAEL D4CIDING TO BUY NEW MODELS OF F16S ABOUT 60 TO START WITH,

THIS CAUSED SYRIA TI SIGN A BIG ARMS DEAL WITH RUSSIA CONSISTING OF SU 27 FLANKERS AND MIG 29s AND UPGRADES OF EXCISTING MIG 25s AND SU24s. ALSO AQUIRING S300 SAM SYSTEM TO COUNTER ISRAELI PATRIOT AND THE NEWS ARROW SYSTEM.

BECAUSE OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL; MOVEMENTS IRAN HAS STATED WITH AN INDIGENOIUS FIGHTER JET A REAMKE OF THE F5 I BELIEVE AND ALSO IRAN REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN A BOUT 100 SU24s AND ALSO MAY BE SU32 FROM RUSSIA. aS WELL AS THIS IRAN IS ALSO CONSIDERING RUSSIAN SAM SYSTAMS SUCH AS S10,SA11,SA14,SA15. THEY ARE ALSO IMPROVING THEIR SHEHAB 3 MRBM AND AS WELL AS NEW IRBMs ON THE WAY.

BECAUSE OF IRANS MASS WEAPONS SPREE THE UAE WHO HAVE HAD A COLD RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN FIR DECADES OVER 3 DISPUTED ISLANDS ARE FEARFULL AND HAVE SUGNED NEW DEALS WITH FRANCE FOR NEW MIRAGE 2000-5s AND A THE MOST INTERESTING AGREEMENT WITH LOCHEED TO BUYT THE MOST ADVANCED FIGHTER JET VER TO BE SOLD TO A MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY, THIS OF COURSE IS THE F16 BLOCK 60 WITH =, LONGER RANGE BECAUSE OF CONFORMAL FUEL TANKS AND LATEST WEAPONRY AND FLIR RADAR AND TARGETTING SYSTEM.

LOOKING AT THIS SOME REPORTS RECENTLY SUGGETS THAT SAUDI AIRFORCES IS THINKING OF SIGNING A DEFENCE DEAL WITH LOCHEED FOR THE SAME F16 BLOCK 60 DESERT FALCONS. BUT THEY WILL ORDER UP TO 114 OF THESE AIRCRAFTS TO REPLACE IT’S TORNADOES AND F5s.

DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAPPEN THE REPORTED PRICE IS 15 BILLION US DOLLARS. AND HAVE YOU GOT ANY RECENT NEWS YOU WANT TO SHARE.