US To Sell $30 Billion In Fighter Jets To Saudi Arabia

Ironic isn't it? Since Obama took office, two of the brightest spots in the US economy has been domestic gun sales and weapons of war.

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it has signed an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, selling more than $30 billion in highly advanced F-15 fighter jets and sending other advanced weapons to the kingdom just as tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia's regional neighbor Iran continue to escalate.
 
The sale of 84 new aircraft, and the upgrading of 70 F-15s already in the Saudi air force, sends "a strong message to countries in the region that the United States is committed to stability in the Gulf and broader Middle East," said Assistant Secretary of State Andrew Shapiro. "It will enhance Saudi Arabia's ability to deter and defend against external threats to its sovereignty." 

The first new aircraft will be delivered to Saudi Arabia in early 2015, Pentagon officials said.

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