Posted on 04/07/2015 6:27:13 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced Monday that it has approved sale of AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters and AGM-114R Hellfire II Missiles to Pakistan for an estimated cost of $952 million.
Pakistan has requested 15 AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters, 32 T-700 GE 401C Engines (30 installed and 2 spares), 1000 AGM-114 R Hellfire II Missiles in containers, 36 H-1 Technical Refresh Mission computers, 17 AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight Systems, 30 629F-23 Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency Communication Systems, 19 H-764 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems, 32 Helmet Mounted Display/Optimized Top Owl, 17 APX-117A Identification Friend or Foe, 17 AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems, 17 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Sets, 18 AN/APR-39C(V)2 Radar Warning Receivers, 15 Joint Mission Planning Systems, and 17 M197 20mm Gun Systems.
The proposed sale will provide Pakistan with a precision strike, enhanced survivability aircraft that it can operate at high-altitudes.
The principal contractors will be Bell Helicopter, Textron, General Electric, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
A sale to Pakistan would be the first export sale of the AH-1Z Viper, the latest and largely upgraded variant of the Bell AH-1 Cobra gunship whose original design dates back to the mid-1960s. Pakistan already operates a fleet of older AH-1 variants, including the AH-1P. (USMC photo)
Nothing says stupid like arming people who hate your guts.
Hopefully, they will have a remote auto destruct capability.
first export sale of the AH-1Z Viper...
next customers...Iran’s Mullahs
Didn’t China just do something with the Paks? I thought the Paks were replacing the Cobras with Chinese gear.
We are arming them with Vietnam War-era helos.
Isn’t that sweet? Nothing says lovin’ like arming the pigs that shielded bin laden and thousands of terrorists.
everybodys scrambling for the Chi Com Dollars..
You can bet they'll be stripped for scrap, any other use would be futile.
What a waste of money, and Obama is clearly doing this to send a message
but that message is being laughed at by all who know what's happening.
I'm not kidding when I say that these are the actions of a Woman.
Jarrett is advising Obama to pull these stunts, no man in power
that I know of thinks this way.
Obama is such a candy-ass. Michelle' Mother calls Obama "The Punk" for a reason.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I cannot believe I live in a country as stupid as this one.
Oh really. Well if Jarret represents the thinking of all women then Obama represents the thinking of all men.
Yeah. Both Jarret and Obama are INDIVIDUALS, not representatives of each of 3.5 billion people of each sex
I do appreciated you setting me straight though.
“Nothing says stupid like arming people who hate your guts.”
Obama is a muslim and all he has been doing is arming muslims and keeping US forces out of their way
I’m not Obama fan but we’ve been arming Muslims for a long time before Obama came along. It’s stupid no matter who does it.
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