Saudi Arabia is building a modern military industry. And why should the SIBAT be worried
The spotlight may be directed at the Trump deal with Riyadh, but the development of the Saudi military industry should worry Israel more. Opinion
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President Tarmp's visit to Saudi Arabia this week has involved a huge arms deal between Saudi Arabia and the US According to media reports, the deal is worth about $ 350 billion over the next decade, despite the huge deal.
The deal, which includes a variety of weapons systems, is intended to strengthen Saudi Arabia's capabilities, especially vis-a-vis Iran, and if Israel does not go to fight Saudi Arabia in the next decade or so, then the security aspect is nothing to worry about. It should be noted that Trump did not offer the F-35 to Saudi Arabia despite the fact that Riyadh has been asking him for months from the White House.
In contrast to the security aspect, in this business, Israel must take care. Especially Saudi Arabia and the defense industries.To develop a Saudi arms industry has two main implications: Saudi Arabia is going to buy less weapons from the US, Britain and France. And Saudi Arabia will become an arms exporter to countries, especially to countries with lesser economic capabilities in Asia, Africa and the Arab world.
For the Israeli defense industry, this means more competition. Both from US and European companies that will have to make an income supplement from the decline in the Saudi market in other markets, and because there is a new player competing for deals.
The Trump Deal
Trump's deal with Saudi Arabia is divided into two parts according to Internet publications. Of that, $ 110 billion will be realized soon, and the rest over the next decade. [Source: thedrive]. The Saudis, for their part, will invest about $ 40 billion in infrastructure development in the US, Trump has promised to invest $ 1 trillion in the US to the American public, some of which will probably come from Saudi Arabia as a return payment.
Among other things, Saudi Arabia will acquire Patriot and THAAD air defense systems, LCS warships, Raytheon precision munitions, CH-47 helicopters, UH-60 helicopters and M1A2S Abrams tanks. According to Reuters, the deal will also include Bradley armored personnel carriers and M109 guns.
The deal will also include US financing for Saudi frigates under the SNEP II project, which aims to replace the entire Saudi Arabian navy located opposite Iran. The new ships will include advanced SPY-1F radar and a COMBATSS-21 fire control system, two components that are derived from the Huggies system.
"This package is based on threats and provides full spectrum capabilities that fall broadly into five categories: border security and terrorism prevention, maritime and maritime security, air force modernization, missile and air defense, and upgrading of cyber communications and security," Trump said. .com. "This combination will significantly increase Saudi Arabia's ability to deter regional threats and the kingdom's ability to defend its borders and contribute to counterterrorist activities and coalition warfare."
Saudi arms industry
Despite the large arms deal expected, the development of a modern military industry in Saudi Arabia is a more important move. A move that will allow the kingdom to gain independence in the production of weapons during a confrontation, develop "special" weapons systems and allow Saudi Arabia to compete in the global arms market as a certain alternative to oil revenues.
The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced last week the launch of a state-owned military industrial company (SAMI), which aims to contribute more than 14 billion rials ($ 3.7 billion) to the kingdom's GDP by 2030.
The new Saudi military industry will try to provide over 40,000 jobs by 2030, the investment fund said in a statement. The move could harm Western arms suppliers who over the past decades have benefited from the recycling of Saudi oil money, among other things, to Western weapons. If Saudi Arabia supplies itself with some of the weapons, it will buy less. The goal is to reach half of Saudi Arabia's arms supply by local procurement by 2030.
Saudi Arabia has already uncovered an unmanned aerial vehicle with the armament of Sinai. There have been reports of the construction of a Chinese UAV line in Saudi Arabia, and the kingdom is also cooperating with Ukraine in the development of a transport plane and a mission, and there are also rumors that it is developing Iskander-based tactical missiles.
"By working together, we can help build world-class cyber defense capabilities and capabilities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia," said Thomas A. Kennedy, Rayet's chairman and chief executive officer. 'On.
Lockheed Martin has not left behind and has signed a cooperation agreement to develop Black Hawk helicopters in the kingdom and components of Saudi warships, and BAE has operations in Saudi Arabia that support the development of a local industry.
It is reasonable to assume that anyone who develops and manufactures weapons understands the potential of Saudi Arabia's arms industry, its domestic market and its export potential, and Saudi Arabia has gathered a coalition of 34 Sunni states, all of which need weapons.
Israeli weapons in Saudi Arabia?
One of the questions in light of the identity of the interests between Israel and Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia's desire to establish a developed military industry is the connection to Israeli industry. Saudi Arabia's decision to go for a modern military industry may be a golden opportunity for Israeli industry. Saudi Arabia as well. Israeli products are considered to be at the level of those Americans, sometimes better, and they cost less. If the lobby of American industries does not interfere, Saudi Arabia and Israel can benefit from this. And the Sunni world as a whole will receive high-quality weapons.
In the framework of the new agreement between Israel and the United States, foreign aid is expected to rise to $ 3.8 billion per year, compared to 3.1 per year, but in another five years Israel is expected to lose NIS 1.2 billion each year to the defense industries. This is because the agreement includes the Magdi clause
All the money has to go to American industries, not Israeli ones. In other words, Israel will not be able to convert US taxpayers' dollars to shekels for Israeli industries, and what can be done with such a hole? Saudi Arabia will change something in the balance of power in the Middle East, forgetting that modern weaponry has already reached Saudi Arabia, and if Israel does, it will buy from someone else, and a military industry in Saudi Arabia based on American / European / Chinese weapons will sell to any Arab country that wants it, provided it is not hostile to the kingdom. And anyone who does not buy from Saudi Arabia will buy from Iran. There, too, there is a modern military industry. And whoever does not buy from both of them will buy from China, Ukraine, France or anyone else who does not bend under the American lever. Opposite. If Israel does business cooperation with Saudi Arabia, it will know what it is sending to Saudi Arabia, and at the end of the day, no country is transferring the latest technology to another country, and it is true for the United States, Britain, France, China and every country Another that makes collaborations in other countries. The Saudi awakening from the Western eye There is no doubt that the nuclear agreement with Iran and the war in Yemen have changed perceptions in Saudi Arabia. In light of the human rights discourse surrounding the war in Yemen and the American and British delay in selling arms to Saudi Arabia, Riyadh realized that without a local defense industry, it would be impossible to be a superpower in the Middle East. This will not happen with dependence on Western foreign countries that do not always have overlapping interests. In Riyadh they also look at Tehran and see that the Iranians are developing a modern military industry. And if they do, Saudi Arabia also needs one of its own. One of the theories surrounding two states with nuclear weapons is that the number of conventional conflicts between them will increase. And for that you need weapons. If there are future conflicts between the two countries, will Saudi Arabia be subject to the caprice of Western leaders? In Riyadh they understood the patent nut. They sell you weapons but control the stock and spare parts. Local industry will solve the problem. Another consideration is Saudi Arabia's desire to diversify its income streams under the 2030 program. Instead of oil, Saudi Arabia wants a technology-based industry. At the time, they are investing in weapons development, and in Riyadh they are looking at technologically advanced countries, and they see that in all of them the engine is the defense industry.Another aspect is support for a Sunni coalition.Ready has formed about 34 Sunni states, most of them in a poor economic situation and without advanced weapons. And in Riyadh, they want a model like American foreign aid, only that the money comes from both Riyadh and the weapons. Saudi Arabia will attract a significant share of the defense exports of the US and Europe, and when it reduces Half a decade from now, the same countries will look for sources of income in countries that have not played in them before. This is enough time for the Defense Ministry and industry leaders to decide how to prepare.
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The spotlight may be directed at the Trump deal with Riyadh, but the development of the Saudi military industry should worry Israel more. Opinion
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President Tarmp's visit to Saudi Arabia this week has involved a huge arms deal between Saudi Arabia and the US According to media reports, the deal is worth about $ 350 billion over the next decade, despite the huge deal.
The deal, which includes a variety of weapons systems, is intended to strengthen Saudi Arabia's capabilities, especially vis-a-vis Iran, and if Israel does not go to fight Saudi Arabia in the next decade or so, then the security aspect is nothing to worry about. It should be noted that Trump did not offer the F-35 to Saudi Arabia despite the fact that Riyadh has been asking him for months from the White House.
In contrast to the security aspect, in this business, Israel must take care. Especially Saudi Arabia and the defense industries.To develop a Saudi arms industry has two main implications: Saudi Arabia is going to buy less weapons from the US, Britain and France. And Saudi Arabia will become an arms exporter to countries, especially to countries with lesser economic capabilities in Asia, Africa and the Arab world.
For the Israeli defense industry, this means more competition. Both from US and European companies that will have to make an income supplement from the decline in the Saudi market in other markets, and because there is a new player competing for deals.
The Trump Deal
Trump's deal with Saudi Arabia is divided into two parts according to Internet publications. Of that, $ 110 billion will be realized soon, and the rest over the next decade. [Source: thedrive]. The Saudis, for their part, will invest about $ 40 billion in infrastructure development in the US, Trump has promised to invest $ 1 trillion in the US to the American public, some of which will probably come from Saudi Arabia as a return payment.
Among other things, Saudi Arabia will acquire Patriot and THAAD air defense systems, LCS warships, Raytheon precision munitions, CH-47 helicopters, UH-60 helicopters and M1A2S Abrams tanks. According to Reuters, the deal will also include Bradley armored personnel carriers and M109 guns.
The deal will also include US financing for Saudi frigates under the SNEP II project, which aims to replace the entire Saudi Arabian navy located opposite Iran. The new ships will include advanced SPY-1F radar and a COMBATSS-21 fire control system, two components that are derived from the Huggies system.
"This package is based on threats and provides full spectrum capabilities that fall broadly into five categories: border security and terrorism prevention, maritime and maritime security, air force modernization, missile and air defense, and upgrading of cyber communications and security," Trump said. .com. "This combination will significantly increase Saudi Arabia's ability to deter regional threats and the kingdom's ability to defend its borders and contribute to counterterrorist activities and coalition warfare."
Saudi arms industry
Despite the large arms deal expected, the development of a modern military industry in Saudi Arabia is a more important move. A move that will allow the kingdom to gain independence in the production of weapons during a confrontation, develop "special" weapons systems and allow Saudi Arabia to compete in the global arms market as a certain alternative to oil revenues.
The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced last week the launch of a state-owned military industrial company (SAMI), which aims to contribute more than 14 billion rials ($ 3.7 billion) to the kingdom's GDP by 2030.
The new Saudi military industry will try to provide over 40,000 jobs by 2030, the investment fund said in a statement. The move could harm Western arms suppliers who over the past decades have benefited from the recycling of Saudi oil money, among other things, to Western weapons. If Saudi Arabia supplies itself with some of the weapons, it will buy less. The goal is to reach half of Saudi Arabia's arms supply by local procurement by 2030.
Saudi Arabia has already uncovered an unmanned aerial vehicle with the armament of Sinai. There have been reports of the construction of a Chinese UAV line in Saudi Arabia, and the kingdom is also cooperating with Ukraine in the development of a transport plane and a mission, and there are also rumors that it is developing Iskander-based tactical missiles.
"By working together, we can help build world-class cyber defense capabilities and capabilities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia," said Thomas A. Kennedy, Rayet's chairman and chief executive officer. 'On.
Lockheed Martin has not left behind and has signed a cooperation agreement to develop Black Hawk helicopters in the kingdom and components of Saudi warships, and BAE has operations in Saudi Arabia that support the development of a local industry.
It is reasonable to assume that anyone who develops and manufactures weapons understands the potential of Saudi Arabia's arms industry, its domestic market and its export potential, and Saudi Arabia has gathered a coalition of 34 Sunni states, all of which need weapons.
Israeli weapons in Saudi Arabia?
One of the questions in light of the identity of the interests between Israel and Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia's desire to establish a developed military industry is the connection to Israeli industry. Saudi Arabia's decision to go for a modern military industry may be a golden opportunity for Israeli industry. Saudi Arabia as well. Israeli products are considered to be at the level of those Americans, sometimes better, and they cost less. If the lobby of American industries does not interfere, Saudi Arabia and Israel can benefit from this. And the Sunni world as a whole will receive high-quality weapons.
In the framework of the new agreement between Israel and the United States, foreign aid is expected to rise to $ 3.8 billion per year, compared to 3.1 per year, but in another five years Israel is expected to lose NIS 1.2 billion each year to the defense industries. This is because the agreement includes the Magdi clause
All the money has to go to American industries, not Israeli ones. In other words, Israel will not be able to convert US taxpayers' dollars to shekels for Israeli industries, and what can be done with such a hole? Saudi Arabia will change something in the balance of power in the Middle East, forgetting that modern weaponry has already reached Saudi Arabia, and if Israel does, it will buy from someone else, and a military industry in Saudi Arabia based on American / European / Chinese weapons will sell to any Arab country that wants it, provided it is not hostile to the kingdom. And anyone who does not buy from Saudi Arabia will buy from Iran. There, too, there is a modern military industry. And whoever does not buy from both of them will buy from China, Ukraine, France or anyone else who does not bend under the American lever. Opposite. If Israel does business cooperation with Saudi Arabia, it will know what it is sending to Saudi Arabia, and at the end of the day, no country is transferring the latest technology to another country, and it is true for the United States, Britain, France, China and every country Another that makes collaborations in other countries. The Saudi awakening from the Western eye There is no doubt that the nuclear agreement with Iran and the war in Yemen have changed perceptions in Saudi Arabia. In light of the human rights discourse surrounding the war in Yemen and the American and British delay in selling arms to Saudi Arabia, Riyadh realized that without a local defense industry, it would be impossible to be a superpower in the Middle East. This will not happen with dependence on Western foreign countries that do not always have overlapping interests. In Riyadh they also look at Tehran and see that the Iranians are developing a modern military industry. And if they do, Saudi Arabia also needs one of its own. One of the theories surrounding two states with nuclear weapons is that the number of conventional conflicts between them will increase. And for that you need weapons. If there are future conflicts between the two countries, will Saudi Arabia be subject to the caprice of Western leaders? In Riyadh they understood the patent nut. They sell you weapons but control the stock and spare parts. Local industry will solve the problem. Another consideration is Saudi Arabia's desire to diversify its income streams under the 2030 program. Instead of oil, Saudi Arabia wants a technology-based industry. At the time, they are investing in weapons development, and in Riyadh they are looking at technologically advanced countries, and they see that in all of them the engine is the defense industry.Another aspect is support for a Sunni coalition.Ready has formed about 34 Sunni states, most of them in a poor economic situation and without advanced weapons. And in Riyadh, they want a model like American foreign aid, only that the money comes from both Riyadh and the weapons. Saudi Arabia will attract a significant share of the defense exports of the US and Europe, and when it reduces Half a decade from now, the same countries will look for sources of income in countries that have not played in them before. This is enough time for the Defense Ministry and industry leaders to decide how to prepare.
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