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New military programmes for Saudi Arabia

Washington, USA - Updates of helicopters and sale of tanks

After to have announced last week the sale of armaments to Saudi Arabia for a total import of more than USD six billions, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informed the Congress of other two military programmes for a value equal to USD 3.3 billions. The first concerns the update of twelve helicopters AH-64A Apache, for a value of USD 400 millions; the second concerns the sale of 58 tanks...

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Rome, Italy, 08/02/2006 16:23
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