Saudi Prince Threatens 'Military Action Without American Support' Against Iran

The Saudis threatening to act on their own without Washington and it's propaganda and killing machines That's comical. :laugh:

They've probably already used up most of the ordinance Washington supplied them with on Yemen, gotta be about time for a 'reload".

Does this mean the military industrial complex is about to get another big juicy contract to sell more weapons to the Saudi dictatorship?

We'll read all about it in the papers soon enough I guess.

Cue John McCain and Lindsey Graham the Saudis need more weapons!

 

Oh, Saudi Arabia will move, and they'll do it soon:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Midd...signal-they-ll-act-before-Iran-gets-the-money

at least before Iran gets those billions. SA can not afford to have Iran flush with cash and that won't be tolerated. There could be a temporary alliance made with Israel but one of the two countries or both will act and act soon.

 

I think that it is imperative that Iran be stopped. It could be that Saudi Arabia will let Israel their bases for re-fueling.

 

Russia sells billions of USD of weapons to Saudi Arabia

"Saudi Arabia will soon sign several contracts to purchase military hardware from Russia. It goes about a major deal to buy various modifications of combat helicopters, T-90C tanks, armored vehicles and anti-aircraft missile systems. The deal approximately totals $2 billion. Saudi Arabia will purchase Mi-171, Mi-35 choppers and T-90C tanks until the end of this year Pravda.Ru reports.

"Saudi Arabia 's defense budget will increase next year to $44 billion. Until recently, the nation has been purchasing military hardware from Western countries, Interfax reports. The rumors about such contracts appeared about two years ago, but now it seems that the deal has become real. Saudi Arabia intends to purchase up to 150 helicopters (30 Mi-35 and 120 Mi-17), over 150 T-90C tanks, about 250 BMP-3 (infantry combat vehicle) armored vehicles and several dozens of anti-aircraft systems and complexes.

"All technical and financial issues have been practically coordinated on some of those contracts, and we still work on other papers," a source told the news agency saying that Saudi Arabia may purchase helicopters and tanks from Russia already this year.

"As for anti-aircraft missile complexes, the nation intends to purchase state-of-the-art S-400 Triumph missile systems. It took Saudi specialists and experts quite a while to study the opportunities of the Russian arms before they decided to buy them for the nation's armed forces. Several groups of Saudi experts visited Russia several times for consultations. Russia's defense export giant, Rosoboronexport, conducted tests of the T-90C tank in Saudi Arabia. The tank demonstrated very good operational qualities under the conditions of the desert.
LINK

The Saudis are diversifying.