Saudi Arabia orders 10,000 bombs

[HAIDER]

Included in the potential sale are the following:

1,000 GBU-10 Paveway II laser guided bombs (LGBs).
2,300 BLU-117/MK-84 2,000 pound general-purpose bombs.
4,020 GBU-12 Paveway II LGBs.
8,020 BLU-111/MK-82 500 pound general-purpose bombs.
1,100 GBU-24 Paveway III LGBs.
1,500 BLU-109 2,000 pound penetrator warheads.
400 GBU-31(V1) KMU-556 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits.
1,000 GBU-31(V3) KMU-557 JDAM tail kits.
3,000 GBU-38 KMU-572 JDAM tail kits.
2,000 GBU-48 Enhanced Paveway II, dual-mode global positioning system (GPS)/LGB with the MXU-667 Airfoil and the MAU-169L/B computer control group (CCG) dual mode.
2,000 BLU-110/MK-83 1,000 pound general-purpose bombs.
500 GBU-54 KMU-572 laser JDAM tail kits, dual-mode GPS/LGB with the MXU-667 Airfoil and the MAU-169L/B CCG dual mode.
300 GBU-56 KMU 556 laser JDAM tail kits, dual-mode GPS/LGB with the MXU-667 Airfoil and the MAU-169L/B CCG dual mode.
10,200 FMU-152 fuzes.
US Clears Sale of Air-to-Ground Weapons to Saudi Arabia

 

[ultron]

Too few. They'll need a million bombs to make a dent.

 

[C130]

need a few IFB 500s to make swiss cheese out of rats

 

[That Guy]

The Saudis countinue to miss the point. A superior air force is worthless if they don't have the will to use ground forces to make sure their air campaign doesn't go to waste. If the Saudis were competent, they'd have taken Yemen a very long time ago.

 

[C130]

The Saudis countinue to miss the point. A superior air force is worthless if they don't have the will to use ground forces to make sure their air campaign doesn't go to waste. If the Saudis were competent, they'd have taken Yemen a very long time ago.

maybe if social media wasn't as prevalent as it is now that would be true.

kinda hard to win wars when you have one hand tied behind your back

 

[ultron]

The Saudis countinue to miss the point. A superior air force is worthless if they don't have the will to use ground forces to make sure their air campaign doesn't go to waste. If the Saudis were competent, they'd have taken Yemen a very long time ago.

Yemenis are very proud people. Yemenis will never be ruled by Saudis or their puppet Hadi.

 

[Silverblaze]

The Saudis countinue to miss the point. A superior air force is worthless if they don't have the will to use ground forces to make sure their air campaign doesn't go to waste. If the Saudis were competent, they'd have taken Yemen a very long time ago.

A strong Airforce is power projection, so in that respect, a superior Airforce is justified.

 

[dadeechi]

The Saudis countinue to miss the point. A superior air force is worthless if they don't have the will to use ground forces to make sure their air campaign doesn't go to waste. If the Saudis were competent, they'd have taken Yemen a very long time ago.

Unfortunately for them, the can no longer count on Pakistan. They urgently need any alternative. I wonder why are they not requesting help from the armed rebels from north Africa?

 

[That Guy]

A strong Airforce is power projection, so in that respect, a superior Airforce is justified.

Of course it is, but it is completely wasted if there is nothing to make sure the damage that's dealt is not recovered by the enemy. The Israelis discovered this at a heavy cost, when they invaded Lebanon. They launched a very deadly air campaign, that ended up doing little to nothing against hezbullah and only resulted in collateral damage. By the time they launched a ground offensive, it was already too late.

Unfortunately for them, the can no longer count on Pakistan. They urgently need any alternative. I wonder why are they not requesting help from the armed rebels from north Africa?

The Saudis arrogantly thought they had Pakistan in their pocket. While Pakistan still considers an attack on KSA's territorial integrity to be a red line, it will not be drawn into a war that serves no purpose.

It's a harsh lesson, but the Arabs are finally learning that they cannot continue to rely on foreign military support.

 

[Manidabest]

After APS Peshawar incident many people think differently now and time has changed. World politics has changed so the need of new alliances and friendships constantly changing very rapidly...

 

[bidonv]

A good looking bomb seems to be meant for personel............

need a few IFB 500s to make swiss cheese out of rats

 

[C130]

A good looking bomb seems to be meant for personel............

indeed it is, and it's Israeli as well

I wouldn't be surprised if tGulf countries start buying Israel weapons to kill and oppress Muslims in the future.

 

[Natan]

A good looking bomb seems to be meant for personel............

http://www.imi-israel.com/vault/documents/ifb-500_en_draft--1.pdf
Anti-personnel and anti-materiel.

 

[Dragon Emperor]

So funny that SA had to buy munitions from foreign countries. China, on the other hand manufactures their own plane-deliverable munitions, so their Air Force is self-sufficient and not reliant on imports,which are susceptible to embargoes. Self-sufficient defence industry is more important than what toys one can buy.

 

[Azadkashmir]

So funny that SA had to buy munitions from foreign countries. China, on the other hand manufactures their own plane-deliverable munitions, so their Air Force is self-sufficient and not reliant on imports,which are susceptible to embargoes. Self-sufficient defence industry is more important than what toys one can buy.

but this is land of arabia were you dont have to be self sufficent you just throw oil here and there and grows a tree that produces dollar and you buy the bomb and you pay some cheap merceneries some halal petro dollar to do the work.

with this petro dollar grown out of thin air you get groups called northern thunder that should be called northern diarrhea.