Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
If I had to guess detering Iran. Plus the que for F-35s is such that at best they'll be getting their first birds in at minimum five years
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
And also buying influnce in USA political circles.
Not F-22s or F-35s, Qatar To Acquire World’s ‘Deadliest Fighter Jets' With Over 100 Kills To Its Name
As Qatar is getting ready to receive its first F-15s in 2021, the United States has awarded two of its major defense companies for the support of the former’s air force, upgrading its technical and logistical abilities. Trump Puts The United States On Sale! After F-35s To The UAE, Will Israel...
eurasiantimes.com
A few years ago Qatar had a six billion plus dollar deal with Boeing to supply the nation with 36 F15QA Fighters. Now an additional contract with Boeing has been signed for 650 million dollars to add more comprehensive logistical and administrative support for the aircraft.
In addition Raytheon got a contract for 78 million to build two Air Operations Centers (one backup) to help streamline operations with all of these fancy new aircraft since its not just new F15's they're getting. Qatar also has deals to acquire Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons as well to replace it's aging fleet of jet trainers and nine active Mirage 2000's.
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
As I recall the F15QA served as the basis of the USAF's new F-15X which helped save the taxpayer virtually all the R@D costs of the F-15X as another nation had pretty much already paid for itNot F-22s or F-35s, Qatar To Acquire World’s ‘Deadliest Fighter Jets' With Over 100 Kills To Its Name
As Qatar is getting ready to receive its first F-15s in 2021, the United States has awarded two of its major defense companies for the support of the former’s air force, upgrading its technical and logistical abilities. Trump Puts The United States On Sale! After F-35s To The UAE, Will Israel...
A few years ago Qatar had a six billion plus dollar deal with Boeing to supply the nation with 36 F15QA Fighters. Now an additional contract with Boeing has been signed for 650 million dollars to add more comprehensive logistical and administrative support for the aircraft.
In addition Raytheon got a contract for 78 million to build two Air Operations Centers (one backup) to help streamline operations with all of these fancy new aircraft since its not just new F15's they're getting. Qatar also has deals to acquire Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons as well to replace it's aging fleet of jet trainers and nine active Mirage 2000's.
Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran in August: Report
New York Times, citing intelligence officials, says Abu Muhammad al-Masri was gunned down by two men on a motorbike.
Abu Muhammad al-Masri was reportedly killed in Tehren back in August by two men on a motorcycle, reportedly by Israeli agents at the behest of the US Government according to anonymous US intelligence sources. What is known for certain is that AL Qaeda and other extremist Sunni groups have been operating in Iran with the knowledge of Iranian government and security/intelligence apparatus and are still operating within Iran.
And yes, this has been going on for a long time, despite the overbearingly basic understanding many people think they have of the Shia-Sunni divide when it comes to Islamic extremism and radicalism. Of course neither Israel nor the United States officially acknowledged the reports and Iran has denied both that the murder occurred and furthermore that it houses or that Al Qaeda operates in its territory.
Regardless of the truth of the matter the Egyptian born al-Masri helped operate terrorist training camps in Afghanistan in the 90's and was considered one of the key players in the 1998 US Embassy Bombings as well as allegedly the 2002 Mombasa Attack. Since then he's been on the FBI's Most Wanted List and operated both in Pakistan and Afghanistan before being detained in Iran before being released and apparently residing and operating in Iran ever since.
Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran in August: Report
New York Times, citing intelligence officials, says Abu Muhammad al-Masri was gunned down by two men on a motorbike.www.aljazeera.com
Never say that we never don't do anything for you guys.
In other news:
Israel finds explosives planted on Syrian border; Gantz holds Damascus to blame
Defense minister warns army ready to respond to any incident, won't ignore bombs uncovered, disarmed in Israeli-controlled buffer zone on southern Golan Heights
www.timesofisrael.com
And the response:
IDF launches airstrikes against Iranian Quds Force in Syria
Israeli military claims credit for attack, says it was in response to explosives placed on border; Syrian media says strike is near Damascus, 3 soldiers killed
www.timesofisrael.com
Bahrain FM lands in Israel for first-ever ministerial visit from Gulf nation
Flying in on first Gulf Air flight to Tel Aviv, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani to participate in tripartite meeting with Netanyahu and US Secretary Pompeo
www.timesofisrael.com
Israel is hosting it's first Ministerial level visit from Bahrain.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Al-Qaeda in North Africa appoints new leader after killing
Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi has been on the US ‘international terrorist’ blacklist since September 2015.
One dies and in goes another.
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri is dead, reports Arab media
It remains unclear as to who will replace Zawahiri is he is indeed dead, say experts
www.geo.tv
He passed away from natural causes.
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Al-Zawahiri passed away? Wow, for an Al-Qaeda leader and Bin Laden’s successor that’s actually fairly impressive he didn’t die to drone or seal team.
Not often Al-Qaeda senior officials die of old age.
Not often Al-Qaeda senior officials die of old age.
PsihoKekec
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He was the real leader from the start, Bin Laden was but a public face and the fund raiser. He learned the imprtance of staying hidden in his days with the Muslim Brotherhood, fighting against Egyptian government.
Arch Dornan
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After what happened to Bin Laden and those intel coups a lot of damage must have happened.
Basically it was we played fair and still didn't play fair
Arch Dornan
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Fair as in they did not have air support and we did.
Arch Dornan
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Yes not very fair but since when do people in wars do that nowadays?
If you had the answer to Vietnam and Afghanistan on dealing with all those coffins coming back your enemies would be crying on how unfair it is just like Fritz bitching about the shotgun when they took any means to win.
Insurgents don't
Arch Dornan
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No they have to look for their own funding and guns. Sometimes they can get it from uncle sam or some one else especially Russia thanks to the Ak 47.
Still not enough to take out air support
Arch Dornan
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You aren't supplying them them anymore since Ivan bugged out.