[RummyChick]

What about the technology transfer issue?

[silverleaf]

What issue?
Them getting our technology from us, or knock offs of our technology from China and Russia?
Military technology has a lot of nonmilitary applications
I believe weapons transfers are still the common language we have to speak with this generation of arab leadership - and what obama did with Iran made the entire Gulf just hyper paranoid pending Iran going nuclear
So Trump has to do major damage control ( big weapons deals) and then figure out a containment doctrine that draws common interests together
Which may come out in his speech about a new regional security organization

[KC_for_Freedom]

The Saudis have always been more interested in our technicians working with them. Less transfer, just jobs at remote sites.

[Hot Tabasco]

What about the technology transfer issue?

The only thing Saudi Arabia has ever produced is oil, and lots of it. Their your typical rich doctor down the street who doesn't know how to start a lawn mower or turn a screw driver. He doesn't have to know, he's got enough money to hire someone to do it for him.

As someone mentioned above, once manufacturing begins in S.A., they're going to require American contractors to build the plants, staff them with maintenance workers. I don't think they have an over abundance of skilled plant electricians, millwrights or pipe fitters over there.........