The State Department notified Congress that it plans to sell Saudi Arabia up to 48 F-35 warplanes in a first-time sale that could be worth as much as $24.3 billion. The sale of the Lockheed Martin Corp. fighter jet to Saudi Arabia has been in the works for a number of years. President Donald Trump signaled in November the US would sell F-35s to the Kingdom, offering Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a prize he’s long cherished, ahead of a visit to the White House that month. Meantime, the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp. are moving to speed up the production of a new classified air-to-air missile for US Air Force and Navy jets that’s seen as vital to deterring China.
For more, we speak with Wayne Sanders, Senior Defense Research Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
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These guys have all our tech and still dont know how to use it 😒
300 F-35s for Saudi Arabia 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
And again it's military contractors feasting like rats on the corpses of the dead.
A government and a Congress who don’t sign hundreds of billions of dollars of blank checks to the defense industry is my kind of government and Congress.
MAGA is just throwing billions through the windows.
The Iranian drone pilots are licking their lips in anticipation.
"Colonel Sanders"
Funny how the excuse for not letting Ukraine produce Patriot Missiles was that if Ukraine lost, Russia could seize the technology. But for his 2 Billion bribe, he'll send our most advanced fighter to a losing country.
Yet we won't give Ukraine another dime. Trump is a traitor working Russia and for anyone else who can afford his asking price.
There will be great targets for Iran and the houthis😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
#Hegseth just rerouted a shipment of F 35 parts to Hong Kong where it promptly disappeared.
So now it is basically worthless.
Thanks Warfighter!
Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong – POLITICO https://share.google/4IT4e8qLNqQzmIfKi
We don't need to sell our technology to Saudi. They will just backdoor us and either sell the tech to Iran, Russia, or even pakistan
Cant wait to see Houthis bringing down F35s next, just for fun
25 years ago, saudi citizens used planes to carry out a massacre. Why are we selling them our best planes? because the president is bought and paid for by MBS, that is why.
Why would we sell weapons of mass destruction to the people that perpetrated the September 11th attacks on us?
What's the betting Trump will go to Saudi Arabia to sign the deal and return in another billion dollar bribe plane?
Who ordered the MBS special? Filleted human a la carte? Anyone?
Murderers selling to butchers now?
Trump was bribed into selling F35’s to Saudi Arabia. This is a dumb decision by a dumb administration. Hopefully the senate blocks it.
Maybe those Wizards of Smart in Canada could sell their place in line to Saudi Arabia? Then take that money and buy Gripens.
Just a remnder to all you liars here. You will have your part i the lake of fire.
Never forget?
This won’t backfire AT ALL.
Mark this down…, you can come back here in a few years to see how this backfired wonderfully!
HUGE.
🤔 US aligning with, Russia, China and Iran. Saudi Arabia close allies with Russia, China, and Iran. Everything happens on a Friday..
Same people who funded the terrorist attack on 9/11.
Oh look, more money for arabs. That should make maga happy.
It's a good thing the Houthis don't have anyone that can fly an F-35.
Bolster the troops in Europe. Let Israel 🇮🇱 finish the war in Iran. Give the big bombs to Europe or Ukraine 🇺🇦
They helped fund 9/11
Good idea to sell them to the nation that helped fund 9/11……… Dipshits
How is Saudi Arabia a trusted enough allie? They'll definitely sell one to China.
Won’t help them beat the houthis or anyone else. Saudis couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag
They keep buying fancy crafts but cant use them… struggling with some sandals wearing rugtags in their backyard what do they need F35s for??
Never Forget 9/11 🖕🖕🖕🖕
I hope they use them against us
my biggest book recommendation this year is easily The Silent Dominion by D. Cross.
it is actually crazy how much sense the world makes once you read The Silent Dominion by Damian Cross. it's not some crazy theory, the guy was literally a 33rd degree freemason and he wrote down exactly how they operate. you will never look at the world t
I feel like everyone knows something is fundamentally wrong with society but they just don't know what it is. The Silent Dominion by Damian Cross puts all the puzzle pieces together. he's an ex mason who exposed the whole system. read it and thank me late
I feel like everyone knows something is fundamentally wrong with society but they just don't know what it is. The Silent Dominion by Damian Cross puts all the puzzle pieces together. he's an ex mason who exposed the whole system. read it and thank me late