Saudi Arabia to Spend 5.5 Billion Dollars on Naval Military R&D

[Mosamania]

Saudi Arabia to Spend 5.5 Billion Dollars on Naval Military R&D

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The Saudi Ministry of Defence has signed a deal with the local ship building company Zamil Offshore Holdings that is worth 5.5 Billion US Dollars yesterday to begin R&D work for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, the work for which will start immediately after the signing. The nature of the work is still not clear as Mr. Al-Zamil says "The deal will help Al-Zamil to develop new naval vessels which will bring new capabilities to the RSNF and allied countries, as the deal will also include production of new capabilities for the country" this comes in light of Saudi Arabia's new ambitions program to increase its domestic production of arms citing increased costs and strategic thinking as the reasons behind this new approach.

Dr. Abdulrrhman Al-Zamil (Head of Riyadh's Economic Chamber, another Zamil) also said "Soon there will be inaugurations of new facilities that will be producing parts for Aircrafts, Tanks and Armored Vehicles" and also that it is part of the Saudi plan to produce spare parts and replaceable parts for existing machines in country before moving on to develop new ones, as the former is strategically more vital than the latter.

Saudi Arabia's first production of military equipment started in 1953 when it started producing light weapons such as assault rifles, its ammunition and hand grenades but it has since then developed into a more coherent system.

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[Kompromat]

Good news. Who will build the FREMM?

 

[Ahmed Jo]

Congratulations! I think Saudi arabia will soon surpass Egypt in arms production (if it hasn't already).

 

[Mosamania]

Good news. Who will build the FREMM?

If news surrounding the purchase is correct, first 2 will be built in France, rest will be built in Saudi Arabia y Al-Zamil.

 

[Khalid Newazi]

Saudi Arabia needs to invest more into R&D about how to not run from foes.

 

[Mosamania]

Saudi Arabia needs to invest more into R&D about how to not run from foes.

You're obviously new here. Don't worry a crash course will come soon for you in time.

 

[Halimi]

Terrific news. KSA's navy is sub-par relative to the rest of its armed forces, and this shows there's serious commitment to rectify that both in the medium and long term.

 

[al-Hasani]

Terrific news. KSA's navy is sub-par relative to the rest of its armed forces, and this shows there's serious commitment to rectify that both in the medium and long term.

Whenever somebody mentions the RSNF I think about its current sad state. It should be as potent as the RSAF. Or at least not far from such a state.

It's about high time to change that. KSA has one of the longest coastlines out there. Since ancient times Arabia has bordered major sea trade routes of utmost importance.

To this day 25% of the entire international ship trade is going through the Red Sea. Can you imagine?

The Red Sea, Gulf and Arabian Sea should be our sphere of influence/partial control. After all the Arabian Peninsula is not the world's largest peninsula for no reason. The navies in the GCC as a whole need a big upgrade. I know that steps are being taken in that direction but it is still annoying.

So this news is terrific news indeed my friend.

This thread might interest you @Rakan.SA . It's very positive news for the navy.