“Russia REALLY wants a test bed of their S-400 against our F-35.”
Out 35s and 22s, and Israels 35s routinely test against eh S-300 and 400 in Syria.
He already knows he can’t touch them.
This is a political move to drive a wedge between the gulf States and the US.
[This is a political move to drive a wedge between the gulf States and the US.]
The Gulf kingdoms’ justifiable fear of palace coups means they can’t let their people get too proficient, lest they turn those weapons on the royal palace. And in their defense, it has to be said that the Saudis and Kuwaitis covered most of the cost of Desert Storm, for us doing something we would have needed to do, anyway, to prevent Saddam from unifying the region’s oil resources under a single banner and really super-charging his quest to become a latter day, world-conquering Muhammad reincarnated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_of_Libya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_July_Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_1952