Saudi Arabian Air, Land, Naval Forces & SANG

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@Arabian Stallion @Bilad al-Haramayn

I was waching this KSA M113 modernization video and I wonder if the roof of these M113s was reinforced with additional armour for protection against top attack munitions?

@Khafee

Nope.. But I noticed additional armour (probably bolt on) on the side and front of the APC.. None on the top..

 

[Arabian Stallion]

@Arabian Stallion @Bilad al-Haramayn

I was waching this KSA M113 modernization video and I wonder if the roof of these M113s was reinforced with additional armour for protection against top attack munitions?

@Khafee

Most likely as other parts of it have been reinforced with additional amour in the most recent overhaul. Moreover the overhaul also included everything from engines to chemical warfare protection systems to new thermal imaging equipment. It has to be said that the video is quite old and that KSA uses a number of M113 variants. Some of them have since underwent further upgrades. Anyway it is one out of a few APC's that are in service and not the most numerous. The number of our own indigenous Al-Masmak APC in service for instance is bigger.

An RSAF 13th Sqn F-15C Eagly flying over an area of Northern KSA.

Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense visiting the RSAF Defense Forces stationed in Najran.

Paratrooper

Navy

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Members of RSAF's specialized CSAR unit of 99th SQDRN "Combat Search And Rescue Team"

Saudi Arabian Defense Doctrine for a New Era​

"Speakers: Prince Sultan bin Khalid, Dr. Nawaf Obaid A Saudi Arabian Defense Doctrine for a New Era, Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al Faisal, Dr. Nawaf Obaid Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al Faisal

Prince Sultan bin Khalid and Dr. Nawaf Obaid A Saudi Arabian Defense Doctrine for a New Era, with Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al Faisal and Dr. Nawaf Obaid Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al Faisal, former commander in the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, and Dr. Nawaf Obaid, visiting fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, will outline a comprehensive Saudi Arabian Defense Doctrine for a new era and explain why the Kingdom is likely to double down on defense and national security capabilities in the next decade."

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A must watch.

Great pictures, guys!

You should know as someone who was once stationed in KSA.

@Zibago

Bro, your methods are not working on my Iphone. Only the MacBook Pro. Regardless, Instagram is messed up.

 

[Arabian Stallion]

Al Nour Exercise (KSA, Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijan and Romania took part) in Konya

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Deputy Commander attended the conclusion of the Al Nour Exercise

Border guards somewhere along the almost 1000 km long Saudi Arabian-Iraqi border.

Speaking about that border:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi–Iraq_border

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Maj. Gen Fahad bin Turki deputy commander of RSLF visiting the coalition command in Yemen recently

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[~Phoenix~]

OMG,The guy in the image is creeeeeeppyyyyyy

 

[Ahmad Bhutta]

when wil Saudia start recieving its new F15Sa ?

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

Saudi Arabian Emergency Force:

 

[beast89]

saudis throwing money to solve the houthi problem, 130 new abrams. Buying ten times the numbers lost (documented) to them by houthis

https://twitter.com/x/status/763046797908578304

 

[beast89]

It was solved a great way by killing 5000 of them while losing less than 300 men. By destroying their entire strongholds to the ground. As for tanks, only a few have been lost. Nothing at all and certainly nothing that cannot be bought again.

From complete Houthi/Saleh (the main player here) control of Yemen before the Saudi Arabian intervention to now only 20% of Yemen and only the impoverished and overpopulated parts of Yemen being under their control. Great success indeed. Done with less than a few thousand soldiers. Most of the fighting is currently being done by pro-government Yemenis.

So keep crying, Rafida.

B.S numbers and percentages from the royals, Hadi is on a boat and Aden is lawless. Wouldnt take much losses for the saudi royals to collapse...remember your population shares the same belief as ISIS once they realised that so many saudis were slaughtered to make a fat prince look impressive who dares not send its men into syria.

 

[الأعرابي]

It was solved a great way by killing 5000 of them while losing less than 300 men. By destroying their entire strongholds to the ground. As for tanks, only a few have been lost. Nothing at all and certainly nothing that cannot be bought again.

From complete Houthi/Saleh (the main player here) control of Yemen before the Saudi Arabian intervention to now only 20% of Yemen and only the impoverished and overpopulated parts of Yemen being under their control. Great success indeed. Done with less than a few thousand soldiers. Most of the fighting is currently being done by pro-government Yemenis.

So keep crying, Rafida.

300 men? I don't think there's an official source for that bro, not yet anyways. Also I don't really think the Saudi army's casualties in this campaign are that high, I'd say a 100 to a 150 at tops.

 

[Sargon of Akkad]

300 men? I don't think there's an official source for that bro, not yet anyways. Also I don't really think the Saudi army's casualties in this campaign are that high, I'd say a 100 to a 150 at tops.

Actually when I say 300 I mean an approximate number and I also include civilians in this number, border guards and everyone not a combat soldier. It is definitely not more than 300 but even if we say that it is 300 it is nothing compared to what the Houthi/Saleh/allied tribes have lost of men.

As you know those few troublemakers here and obsessed individuals have no idea about this conflict or hardly anything in relation to Arab affairs. This troll here in this thread only uses Twitter as a source. What kind of joke is that? Of course only notorious Shia sectarian/nonsense Twitter users not serious papers/news.

Also he believes that it is all about House of Saud and he does not realize that for 99,9% of all people it is about fatherland. Soldiers fight for their country, people and soil not rulers or dynasties that come and go. This guy is an Saudi Arabian/Arab obsessed individual. He cannot help it and is trying to distort this thread.

Somebody should help him out.

 

[Talha Baloch]

nice

 

[Incog_nito]

KSA needs to do a lot of R&D with West, China and Russia.

 

[Al-Andalus]

The anti-terror units of the Saudi MoI's Special Security Forces ready to respond to any threat during the Hajj

 

[Al-Andalus]

A member of Saiqah. The huge Saudi Arabian C-130 fleet moves them around (30 C-130 transports + 20 C-130Js on order + 30 An-178 in a cooperation production with Ukraine on order).

Last year an Infiltration and Control unit secured Aden airport and within 2 days went on to capture 5 Yemeni cities in a very short amount of time. I guess that all the operations and achievements will become public once the war in Yemen is over.

The war in Yemen has also shown (so far) that arguably the most competent Saudi Arabian infantry group are the Marines, capturing 3 islands and the city of Mukalla from AQAP. They also secured the Bab Al-Mandeb strait.

Our boys in action in Yemen:

Destroying Houthis/Saleh/allied tribes:

Members of the anti-terror unit of the Saudi MoI's Special Security Forces

South Korean defense company (LIG Nex1) is going to establish a unit and production line in KSA. Their first one in the MENA region.

http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160818000805

RSAF - always ready for battle:

https://twitter.com/x/status/777157338046357504

 

[Hindustani78]

http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-iran-compare-naval-power/

SAUDI ARABIA recently began its naval war games that included live fire exercises in the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil route.

Warships, speedboats, air navy aircraft, marine corps and special security naval units were some of the artillery that were in focus during the exercises.

According to several reports, Saudi Arabia boasts the third strongest navy in the region after Turkey and Israel. Established during the 1950s, the Saudi navy was heavily involved in the second Gulf War when they were able to assist neighboring Kuwait in resisting occupying Iraqi ground forces.
In recent times, the Saudi navy has been used to protect maritime borders and key Saudi ports from Houthi militia attacks.

Its planned expansion will involve purchases of German-make submarines as the majority of its arsenal on that front were purchased from France.

Saudi Arabia’s naval force overtakes Iran’s by far greater numbers as its frigates cannot be monitored by radars and has appropriate defenses covers suitable air ranges. Iran’s frigates were last purchased and designed during the 1970s and are modeled after the Moudge and Alvand classes.

Saudi Arabia has three Al-Riyadh-class frigates that have been modified from the French La Fayette-class frigate. They are fully loaded at a displacement of 4,725 ton, are armed with eight MBDA Exocet MM40 Block II surface-to-surface missiles (SSM), two eight-cell Sylver vertical launch systems for the Eurosam (MBDA and Thales) Aster 15 surface-to-air missile (SAM), the main gun is the Oto Melara 76 mm/62 Super Rapid while there are four 533 mm aft torpedo tubes.

Saudi Arabia has nine Al-Sadiq-class patrol boats built in the United States (Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Full load displacement of 495 tons and armed with four Harpoon SSM, one 76 mm OTO gun, one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, two 20 mm guns, one 81 mm mortar, two 40 mm grenade launchers, two triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes.

Iran has two independent naval forces with parallel chains of command. The usual navy is called the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) while a second naval wing belong to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGCN). Both have overlapping functions and areas of responsibility, but are different in terms of how they are trained and equipped, according to RealClearWorld, a leading voice on global news and commentary.

Iran’s three destroyers are over 50 years old and are kept in material reserve at Bushehr.

Most of its Western-supplied weapons were purchased during the time of the Shah and were never upgraded. Recently, Tehran has been acquiring new weapons from Russia, China and North Korea.

Despite signing a historic nuclear deal with the United States and powerful nations in order to see sanctions lifted, Iran has made threats more recently when it showed off a parade late last month.

At the port of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf, the navy showed off 500 vessels, as well as submarines and helicopters during a parade marking its 1980 Iraq invasion.

US officials say there have been more than 30 close encounters between US and Iranian vessels in the Gulf so far this year, over twice as many as in the same period of 2015.