Saudi Arabia Considers Buying French Fighter Jets For First Time
The post Saudi Arabia Considers Buying French Fighter Jets For First Time appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Saudi Arabia is reportedly exploring a purchase of 54 multirole Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France, which could mark the first purchase by Riyadh of a French-made combat aircraft, despite decades of Paris attempting to win a deal with the kingdom. Riyadh has officially requested a detailed quote from Dassault Aviation for a potential acquisition of 54 Rafales, the French weekly La Tribune financial newspaper reported Sunday. It has given the aerospace giant until Nov. 10 to respond. Of course, this does not mean that a deal is imminent. The Saudis could merely be exploring their options. Nevertheless, the timing is somewhat significant. French Air and Space Force (FASF) pilots aboard Rafale jet fighters get ready to take off during the … [+] joint exercise ‘Ex Garuda-VII’ between Indian Air Force (IAF) and FASF, in Jodhpur in India’s desert state of Rajasthan on November 10, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Saudi Arabia apparently even contemplated buying as many as 100-200 Rafales, according to a previous La Tribune report from last December, which cited unnamed sources. The premier fighters in the Royal Saudi Air Force, RSAF, are advanced American F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) and Eurofighter Typhoons from the United Kingdom, along with a fleet of aging British Panavia Tornados. While buying another fighter type from a third country may seem excessive, Riyadh may have political reasons for doing so. One-third of the components that make up the Eurofighter are German. Consequently, Berlin has a veto on any export of that multinational European jet and has decided to exercise it. “There will be no decision on the delivery of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia any time soon,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in July. Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of…
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Saudi Arabia is reportedly exploring a purchase of 54 multirole Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France, which could mark the first purchase by Riyadh of a French-made combat aircraft, despite decades of Paris attempting to win a deal with the kingdom. Riyadh has officially requested a detailed quote from Dassault Aviation for a potential acquisition of 54 Rafales, the French weekly La Tribune financial newspaper reported Sunday. It has given the aerospace giant until Nov. 10 to respond. Of course, this does not mean that a deal is imminent. The Saudis could merely be exploring their options. Nevertheless, the timing is somewhat significant. French Air and Space Force (FASF) pilots aboard Rafale jet fighters get ready to take off during the … [+] joint exercise ‘Ex Garuda-VII’ between Indian Air Force (IAF) and FASF, in Jodhpur in India’s desert state of Rajasthan on November 10, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Saudi Arabia apparently even contemplated buying as many as 100-200 Rafales, according to a previous La Tribune report from last December, which cited unnamed sources. The premier fighters in the Royal Saudi Air Force, RSAF, are advanced American F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) and Eurofighter Typhoons from the United Kingdom, along with a fleet of aging British Panavia Tornados. While buying another fighter type from a third country may seem excessive, Riyadh may have political reasons for doing so. One-third of the components that make up the Eurofighter are German. Consequently, Berlin has a veto on any export of that multinational European jet and has decided to exercise it. “There will be no decision on the delivery of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia any time soon,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in July. Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of…
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