https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/f-35-tank-sales-part-of-new-us-saudi-strategic-defense-agreement/>As part of the deal, Riyadh will purchase an unspecified number of F-35 fighters — a long-sought commitment from the Kingdom and a major boost to the Lockheed Martin-produced jet. >The kingdom will also purchase “nearly” 300 Abrams tanks “enabling Saudi Arabia to build up its own defense capabilities and safeguarding hundreds of American jobs,” the White House added.>A top executive from General Atomics told Breaking Defense today that his company is in talks to sell up to 130 MQ-9Bs in addition to 200 Gambit loyal wingman drones to the Saudis.Interesting bit:>Details on the F-35 will be closely scrutinized, as the US has pledged to maintain Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge — effectively, making sure Israel has better kit than its neighbors — in the region. The F-35I, which Israel has used operationally in recent years, is believed to have special sensors on board.>Asked about the QME, US President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office today that “When you look at the F-35, and you’re asking me is it the same, I think it’s going to be pretty similar, yeah.>“This is a great ally, and Israel’s a great ally, and I know they’d like you to get planes of reduced caliber. I don’t think that makes you too happy,” Trump said, directing his comments to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “We‘re looking at that exactly right now, but as far as I’m concerned, I think they are both at the level where they should get top of the line.”
>>64535682As John Lutheran of Missouri Oblast, I am actually worried about the quality of Saudi pilots with our kit.
>>64535682What's that orange retard thinking? Didn't Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Iran and join brics? What's the point in handing them anything if they aren't going to fight Iran?
>>64535777>What's that orange retard thinking?Probably something like "this is gonna get me a fat bribe"
>>64535777>>64535788>noo you can't just sell weapons to your alliesTDS libtards or seething euro moralfags, call it.
>>64535777Why would the US care about fighting Iran?
>>64535777Sale still has to go through Congress and the Israelis have already said that they don't want the Saudi's to get the F-35.
>>64535803Saudi Arabia is a US ally?Is this the famed Burger Education (ranked below India in literally all categories kek)?
>>64535806>Why would the US care about fighting Iran?
>>64535814
>>64535777>Didn't Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Iran and join brics?Saudi Arabia hasn't joined BRICS and don't look at those diplomatic dealings with Iran as some kind of rupture with the U.S. which means the West has fallen that BRICStard accounts on X: Blaze Your Glory like to say. They don't know what the hell they're talking about. Also, the talks weren't primarily about Iran, they de-escalated a bit with Iran like detente (and relations have actually worsened a bit since then), but it was more about testing whether China would step into a U.S.-like role and provide them security and protection, and having China broker talks with Iran was a channel for the Saudis to see if the Chinese were interested, because China has influence over Iran, while also playing hard to get and trying to tell the U.S. that they have options if we don't want to be their patron anymore. The Chinese figured this out and stepped back, because they don't want to be on the hook for protecting Saudi Arabia in exchange for access to energy.Saudi Arabia deals in a way that is kind of feudal. It's patron-client. Like lord-vassal. We (the U.S.) are the patron and they're the client. We offer protection, F-35s, and they offer deference and alignment.
>>64535817Yes, I realize that you're an Israeli and you're going to call me brown for saying or doing literally anything other than sucking your cock, but why would the US care about fighting Iran? Israel has already proven that they can just walk in and do whatever they want, why would the US need to get involved?
>>64535875Islam commands its followers to commit jihad. Muslims won't stop until they kill every last infidel, why is that so hard to understand?
>>64535814US literally invaded Iraq to stop Saddam from funding radical faction in Saudi and invaded Afghanistan to kill Osama who was one of the key person in this faction. What the fuck do you think?
Not just Saudi Arabia but Qatar, UAE, Bahrain tooEven lift the sanctions with TurkeySuddenly the hook nose kikes won't start bombing other countries without warning since everyone has F-35s
>>64535904No one in the first world cares, thirdies can shit up their shitholes if they want. If they decide to make us care, we'll just bomb the shit out of them and occupy their country for another couples of decades.
>>64535916That if you have to invade a foreign country to subvert political influence inside of another country (so they don't bomb you) they're probably not very steadfast allies kek
>>64535916>US literally invaded Iraq to stop Saddam from funding radical faction in Saudiwhat a weird revisionist history you've presented anon
Of course the elephant in the room is the Saudis relationship with China
>>64536011Selling them F-35s will pull them further away from China, and China already stole the F-35 blueprints to make the J-36 so there's no technological secrets to worry about.
>>64536052Why wouldn't they just deal with both countries, like they are already obviously doing?
>>64535814>Saudi Arabia is a US ally?yeah
>>64536079Ah yes, the famous historical ally since . . . *checks notes* fucking yesterdaylol, lmao even
>>64536079PS, this is just as brain dead as claiming that Canada is the US' first and foremost adversary, because Donnie tweeted it once
>>64536090Major non-NATO ally is an official designation thoughhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally
>>64535904Israel already IS destroying the US. We wouldn't have any problems in the middle east if it wasn't for Israel, but nice job being a manipulative faggot and pretending like any cost that the US would incur from relationship with some Muslim country in the middle east would even begin to approach the astronomical cost in American money, sweat, and blood that Israel has over 6+ decades of parasitism. The Saudis may be illiterate tribal savages in robes but at the very least we get oil from them. We've never gotten anything of value from you, and you have the presumption to think you're worth more than them to us when you're the same violent brown savages from the middle east except even more destructive. >B-but I'm an AmericanNo you're not. You can live here but if you shill for Israel you're a traitor. You can love Israel or the United States but not both at the same time. Fuck off my board parasite. We speak English not Hebrew here faggot. Get the fuck out of my country you fifth columnist traitor.
>>64536100Wow he OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED THEM!!!!!Where was Saudi Arabia in WW1?Where were they in WW2?How did they help the US in the Korean War?What about the War in Vietnam?What side were they during Operation Iraqi Freedom?Where was their money going leading up to 9/11?Has there been a single positive thing Saudi Arabia has contributed to the United States?
>>64536103>Vote in Zion Don>The most pro-Israel president in US history>"If you shill for Israel you're a traitor"Should've voted for Bernie kek
>>64536107No need to sperg out man. They are an official ally now.
>>64535904Not my fucking problem asshole. Maybe you shouldn't be stealing other people's land. I don't give a shit what happens either way, as far as I can tell you faggots deserve each other and the US gets nothing from further involvement. Stop saying "we" and "us", we can tell you don't belong here. Enjoy your forever war, cunt.
>>64536090>>64536089>absolute CHILDREN do not understand the role Saudi has played in US geopolitics since Nixon They are right up there with the UK, Korea and Japan in terms of people who cooperate with us. (I was going to say they are a better ally than Isreal, but fucking Russia is a better ally than Isreal)
>>64536121The Saudis bought and paid for 9/11 you fucking retard
>>64536124>the Saudi'sYou understand that there is a distinction between a state and the people of that state.
>>64536112One geriatric blackmailed pedophile will only get you so far and it's not going to fix the fact that goodwill and support for Israel among the general public has been basically complete extinguished on a generational level and nobody buys the fake antisemitism bullshit. It's also fun to see how you've dropped all pretense and openly admit that your country is a parasite state built on stolen US welfare money and nothing else. Most normal people would be ashamed of that but I understand that the Israeli ability to feel shame is somewhat limited. >>64536107Oil. What's Israel contributed? I can tell you what they've cost us. Wow it's weird, it's 7:30am in Tel Aviv,guess you need coffee because you're especially retarded even for a parasitic Zionist worm.
How do the Semitic peoples hold such sway over the Americucks?
>>64536124Oh that's weird I don't recall Saudis dancing for joy in the streets while filming the towers coming down. I don't even particularly like Saudi Arabia, in fact I detest them, but at the very least they provide a service for our investment. Israel is a neverending black hole of US money that has literally never given us ANYTHING. They have sold our military secrets to China while taking up resources and making us look bad. They're also the closest modern country to Nazi Germany (ironically) and make us look like complete assholes preaching about human rights while we bankroll a county with a worse humans rights record than North Korea. Fuck yourself you Hebrew fag
>>64535904>Islam commands its followers to commit jihad.Sorry Israel but we're kind of making nice with the Sunnis rn and gonna bro out for awhile. Get better at chopping heads or something idchttps://youtu.be/Wz_7yWG9ZwA
>>64536140>>64536136>Literal pay-stubs from Saudis to the 9/11 terrorists>Uhh but I saw a video of Israelis dancing!!!!!>You're Israeli!!!!>SAUDI ARABIA IS THE US' GREATEST ALLY!!!!!!I thought muslims were terrorists kek
Literally how do you, as one of the world's most powerful militaries with unlimited US support and a blank cheque for commiting war crimes, go up against a terrorist group that you vastly outnumber and have complete air and naval superiority over, under total land blockade with no supply lines, and after TWO YEARS end up at a conditional ceasefire? Maybe I would like Israel more if they didn't waste our money being both war criminals and completely incompetent.
>>64536157Yeah I wonder why they would be pissed off at the US? It's not like they explicitly mentioned unconditional support for Israel as a primary motivation. It's almost as if literally every act of terrorism directed against the US from the middle east in the past 50 years has had Israel as a primary motivation. Including ones perpetrated by Israel. Also generally when that happens you expect your greatest ally not to celebrate openly at the deaths of your countrymen. You're also obviously ESL and seething at literally anyone else getting US support because you have a terminal addition to my tax money because that's the only reason your pathetic welfare state has survived this long.
>>64536176Anon I admire your hate for Israel but the Saudis are playing the exact same game as them.Stop letting yourself be so easily fucking distracted
>>64536184You're talking to a literal shill bot.
>>64536184I know that you faggot. I'm aware that the Saudis are basically ascended tribal degenerate sand faggots who are rich on oil money and would sell us down the river in a heartbeat. But they don't have agents directly holding the leashes of our politicians, they aren't using billions of dollars to blackmail and manipulate our politics, we aren't expected to give them billions every year for nothing back, and there isn't a massive fifth column of faggot boomers and straight up traitors pushing their bullshit throughout every facet of American life. Nobody is being asked to pledge loyalty to Saudi Arabia to get aid money and we don't have politicians trying to make it illegal to boycott them and disappearing people who are protesting them. They're not tied to a massive forever war and ethnic cleansing that they're expecting us to foot the bill for. Everyone already knows the Saudis are fucking scum. At least they give us oil. They aren't a pure parasite, they're just simple scum.
>>64536160>>64536176I'm not as anti-Israel as you, but they do try to manipulate U.S. foreign policy and maneuver the U.S. in ways that are not in our interests. Sometimes the interests align, but sometimes they don't. Right now they don't regarding the Arabs (see: Syria) and so they need to sit their hymie asses down.
>>64536200I would like you to clarify exactly where our interests align and how it benefits us. I want you to give consideration to the fact that a lot of the things that are supposedly in our interest are to address problems that they created in the first place. I would also like you to name literally any case in which our objectives were prioritized over their own. Was it in Britain's best interest to go to war with us in Iraq? No. They did it because we've helped them in the past so they felt obligated to return the favor. That's called reciprocity. It's actually shocking how there isn't even a single case in which Israel has assisted us out of a sense of obligation in a similar way. That's called parasitism.
>>64536205>I would like you to clarify exactly where our interests align and how it benefits us.They can align regarding Iran, but actually right now Israel and Iran have a shared interest in destabilizing Syria and we don't. The Israelis have also been lobbying in Washington to get the U.S. to support a decentralized Syria with regional autonomy for the minorities. That's what they're playing up this headchopper routine. So are ex-regime elements aligned with Iran. Israel and the Axistards are trying to bullshit everybody. The U.S. does not support this. The U.S. wants a centralized government under Jolani. Just read Israeli posts and commenters. Many admit they'd like to keep Syria disunified and chaotic, to give them "freedom of action" just in case a unified Syria is "not their friend." Israel has also occupied Mt. Hermon and tried to bring the Druze in southern Syria under their umbrella.>#Israel media is reporting today that talks with #Syria have broken down, as #Netanyahu's gov't refuses to withdraw from the ~200sqkm it occupied on December 8, 2024.>#Syria (& the #Trump admin) has demanded a return to the 1974 lines of control.https://xcancel.com/Charles_Lister/status/1990509007392677955?s=19
It's amazing how we literally have nothing culturally in common with Israel. The average Israel supports things that would be seen as wildly degenerate by most Americans if they were educated enough to know about it. For example their long track record of murdering Palestinian prisoners and trafficking their organs to make a quick buck. Or the fact that Israelis showed up in droves to cheer those soldiers who were caught raping a prisoner, and even interviewed one as a hero on national TV. Can you imagine a TV program in the US openly treating a guy most known for being a gang rapist as just another guest and even an admirable figure? Or the fact that Ariel Sharon personally murdered 73 sleeping civilians with dynamite when he was a major in the IDF in 1947 and is still considered one of Israel's greatest war heroes. Their idea of heroism, criminality, justice, and fairness are completely alien to us. They're far more akin to Arabs or Russians except somehow even more vile because they have the stink of false moral righteousness. Even American Jews are fucking shocked when they go to Israel and see what things are like there.
>>64536214Building an antagonistic relationship with Iran is an objective that literally only serves Israeli interests, as is a decentralized Syria. Both are perfect examples of Israel manipulating us into getting involved in shit that we shouldn't care about. Were you attempting to answer my question or agreeing with me?
>>64536121Delusional
>>64536225>Both are perfect examples of Israel manipulating us into getting involved in shit that we shouldn't care about.No you fucking retard. Do you know WHY US want to kick Assad out in the first place?
>>64536225You need to go back to yor containment board
>>64536052That's a fair point, but how do we avoid them falling to espionage once the transfer is made?
>>64535777Saudis are absolutely no threat to the US Jewish Colony at this point and need something to bomb any Iranian flotilla coming across the sea. Which the USA would rather delegate to them than jeopardize a CSG off their shores. The Saudis are practically the second greatest ally in the region, it was just Leftoids in America that hate them because OIL BAD!
>>64535682we should've invaded all the Gulf Arab monarchies after 9/11. Iran too.
>>64537064for what reason you retard
>>64536160The only one that wanted his ceasefire for good boy point was Trump. Israel definitely wanted to continue. Same against Iran. Next target is Ukraine ceasefire. That retarded orange cuck always manage to stop shit at the worst possible time. This is why he should be told to fuck off until TZD is over and there's not a single zigger breathing.
>>64537064please do it. I want to see american version of ukraine, where invading american troops are targeted by FPV drones.
>>64537213You know ISIS tried and failed to do that right? You must he fucking stupid if you don't understand the difference in capabilities of the US to some slavic shitholes
>>64537083>what reason would you have for invading and killing retarded durkas who are constantly starting shit and roping you into itseems pretty obvious anon>>64537213these retards can barely even deal with shitty militias operating in their own back-yards, a boots-on-the-ground invasion by clapistan would annihilate them.
>>64537289ISIS was allied with America though
>>64537213Where were you when nigger mutts were being btfo by shahed style drones?
>>64536251Israel
>>64538888>>64538878>>64538839Brown samefaggot
>>64535682Look man, $1T in sales is worth a crappy journalist's life. I heard nobody liked him anyway.
>>64535682Why did Israel let them? They're usually against this stuff.
>seething barely disguised as concern trolling
>>64538921t. Saudi sand nigger
>>64538915Israel-Saudi treaty of friendship coming soon.
>>64539319Any day now
>>64535682>Qualitative Military Edgealright, closer ties with china then
>>64535904It doesnt. And the loads of muslim countries dont have anything against the US. And supporting Isreal is half of what the ones who do hate us have against us.
>>64536089If by yesterday you mean since before your meth addict mother was even born. Then yes you are correct.
>>64536121They are rich mofos scared of a world where we won't save their terrible leadership
So this means we're selling the F-47 to Israel right?
>>64542528If by "selling" you mean "giving" then maybe. This admin is Zogslaved enough to do it but F-47s probably won't be ready in any appreciable quantities before the admin gets kicked out in 28.Wouldn't be surprised if they get B-21s though. I'm sure China will appreciate all its secrets.
>>64542727Israel has little need for strategic bombers.And on the rare occasion they DO need them, they can ask to borrow the US's.
>>64536107> Where was Saudi Arabia in WW1?Anon…
>>64545431This isn't the gotcha you yhibk it is. It was hejaz, saudi Arabia's rival kingdom that fought against the ottomans. Saudi arabia was neutral
