Posted on 11/11/2011 7:22:20 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
U.S. may sell precision-guided bombs to UAE-source
1:32am EST
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government may soon announce plans for a large sale of precision-guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates, a source familiar with the arms sales plans said late on Thursday, as tensions mounted with Iran over its nuclear program.
The Pentagon is considering a significant sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions made by Boeing Co , adding to other recent arms deals with the UAE. These include the sale of 500 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles about which U.S. lawmakers were notified in September.
The sale of Boeing-built "bunker-buster" bombs and other munitions to UAE, a key Gulf ally, is part of an ongoing U.S. effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran.
No comment was immediately available from the Pentagon's press office or the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales.
Boeing has sold thousands of JDAM bombs to the United States and its allies in recent months as they have replenished their arsenal of the popular precision-guided bombs.
Boeing spokesman Garrett Kasper said the company was unable to discuss the proposed contract since it would involve a foreign military sale, something that would be discussed at a government-to-government level.
The proposed sale, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would expand the existing capabilities of UAE's air force to target buildings such as the bunkers and tunnels where Iran is believed to be developing nuclear or other weapons. The newspaper said Washington was eyeing the sale of 4,900 of the so-called smart bombs.
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of course we will...
*sigh*
What do muslims need with smart bombs? They are muslims. They kill indiscriminately and don’t give a sonic boom what they destroy.
Sounds like Dubai ports. Obama is GWB ‘s third term.
The stupidity of this Administration knows no bounds. Hell, why not put Holder and his Black Panther DOJ in charge of it all.
Are we nuts??? Unbelievable.
How do you spell Iran in the UAE? I-S-R-A-E-L.
Cowards get other people to do their dirty work.
Sukhoi,
Are the UAE pilots from Pakistan still ?
There are no accurate means for laypeople like us to confirm if that’s still the case since a lot of defense personnel from the rich GCC states (UAE/KSA etc) have increased training at foreign facilities over the past two decades. But I can say with some degree of surety that support personnel such as technicians and training staff in such countries are expats. A good number of them from Pakistan.
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