Saudi Arabia's Global Arms Shopping Spree -- Krishnadev Calamur, NPR
Saudi Arabia as the biggest foreign customer for German arms, buying nearly a quarter of Germany's total weapons sales.
It's part of an emerging pattern of weapons purchases by Saudi Arabia and its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia was the world's 10th-largest weapons importer in 2008-2012 (). And Saudi Arabia is expected to be among the top five for 2013-17 "due to major outstanding orders, such as for 48 Typhoon combat aircraft from the UK and 152 F-15SA combat aircraft from the USA."
That's according to , which tracks such sales.
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My Comment: One can only imagine the money that they will be spending if they should decide to develop a nuclear arms program in response to Iran's nuclear program.
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