US approves $15 billion THAAD missile defense for Saudi Arabia

[Arabi]

The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of the advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system for $15 billion, the State Department said Friday.

"This sale furthers US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian and other regional threats," a statement said.

Alarabiya & AFP

These American dummies in Washington only know the language of threatening, well done King Salman.

 

[SubWater]

did you buy S-400 from Russia too ??????

The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of the advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system for $15 billion, the State Department said Friday.

"This sale furthers US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian and other regional threats," a statement said.

Alarabiya & AFP

These American dummies in Washington only know the language of threatening, well done King Salman.

 

[Safriz]

Well played Saudi King.
His good diplomacy put USA in its place. Yesterday he signed S-400 agreement with Russian, and today USA comes running with THAAD.
Now that he has two options he can bargain on price and TOT.

 

[cloud4000]

These American dummies in Washington only know the language of threatening, well done King Salman.

What exactly are you saying here? Who threatened who? Please clarify.

Well played Saudi King.
His good diplomacy put USA in its place. Yesterday he signed S-400 agreement with Russian, and today USA comes running with THAAD.
Now that he has two options he can bargain on price and TOT.

Negotiations on price, yes. ToT for either the S-400 or THAAD. Highly unlikely.

 

[AZ1]

What is breaking in this. They can never reject KSA to supply weapons. Their economy is because of selling weapons to saudia. Big factor.

 

[The SC]

The Government of Saudi Arabia has requested a possible sale of forty-four (44) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launchers, three hundred sixty (360) THAAD Interceptor Missiles, sixteen (16) THAAD Fire Control and Communications Mobile Tactical Station Group, seven (7) AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars. Also included are THAAD Battery maintenance equipment, forty-three (43) prime movers (trucks), generators, electrical power units, trailers, communications equipment, tools, test and maintenance equipment, repair and return, system integration and checkout, spare/repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics personnel support services, facilities construction, studies, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $15 billion.

This potential sale will substantially increase Saudi Arabia’s capability to defend itself against the growing ballistic missile threat in the region. THAAD’s exo-atmospheric, hit-to-kill capability will add an upper-tier to Saudi Arabia’s layered missile defense architecture and will support modernization of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force RSADF
http://dsca.mil/major-arms-sales
http://dsca.mil/major-arms-sales

Urgent: Washington will supply the Thad system to Saudi Arabia as soon as possible

Breaking: THAAD misslie systems will be delivered to Saudi Arabia urgently

*Just before yesterday the US was talking about 6 years waiting period for KSA before it can receive the THAAD system!!?

 

[jermankill]

congrat KSA

 

[Safriz]

I hope KSA sticks with S-400.
THAAD is way too expensive.

 

[hunter_hunted]

Are you focking kidding us. There is no threatening thing it. SA is paying for the thing and they are getting paid for the damn thing.

 

[Śakra]

The enemies of KSA are shaking in their boots. One masterful move and they've been confounded!

 

[The SC]

This US urgency to approve and deliver the THAAD system came right after Medvedev said we will deliver the S-400 quickly to Saudi Arabia..

Prime Minister # Russian # Medvedev: # Russia will implement as soon as possible its commitments under the agreements signed between # Riyadh and # Moscow

Medvedev: Yesterday, there were substantive talks between the king and President Putin during which important agreements were reached in various fields

@NMeleihi

 

[Mrc]

I hope KSA sticks with S-400.
THAAD is way too expensive.

They can afford both

 

[Super Falcon]

Well good times for KSA but for no use still being that powerful and u can5 bring differences for rohingya Palestinian and Kashmiris

 

[The SC]

Saudi Arabia now officially owns a system classified under AICBM ..

Having owned systems classified under AMMRBM ..

As well as capable of intercepting missiles classified under the IRBM .. But in this deal all types of those missiles ..

A really great development ..

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We've sold 7 THAAD batteries to Saudi Arabia

 

[Hack-Hook]

Now raise a question right now all KSA air defence and missile defence came from USA and they could integrate them into each other easily but I wonder how they are going to integrate s400 with those system . I was not aware they were compatible with each other.