Kuwait to take delivery of 16 US Apache Attack helicopters

CrazY · October 9th, 2006, 01:51 PM

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait is to take delivery of 16 Apache attack helicopters from the United States in December, the emirate's Defense

Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah said in published comments. "We will take delivery of 16 Apache helicopters in December. They will beef up our modern security system," he said in remarks carried in the Kuwaiti press.

The 16 AH-64D Apache Longbow advanced attack helicopters are part of a 2.1-billion-dollar deal signed between the United States and Kuwait in 2002. Delivery was supposed to have taken place last year.

The deal, which includes four spare engines and about 300 Hellfire missiles, also provides for maintenance, supply of necessary spare parts, and the training of 48 pilots and instructors as well as 200 Kuwaiti technicians.

At the time of the signing, the minister said the Apaches will be equipped with state-of-the-art systems that will allow them to operate under any conditions. They will also be equipped with electronic protection systems, Longbow radars and anti-armor Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, the minister said.

Since its liberation by a US-led coalition from seven months of Iraqi occupation in 1991, the oil-rich emirate has spent billions of dollars on arms purchases, mainly from the United States. It has also bought arms from Britain, France, Russia and China.

It has spent a 12-billion-dollar supplementary defense budget, launched after the liberation, mainly for arms purchases on top of its normal military budget.

Defense and security account for about 15 percent of public spending, which last fiscal year reached 23 billion dollars. Kuwait is linked in a defense pact with the United States that runs until 2012 and around 15,000 US troops are stationed in the Gulf state. It has also signed similar pacts with France and Britain.

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margog · October 11th, 2006, 02:25 AM

wow the Longbow Apache... thats a good news thanx man but 16 is nothing we need more like.... ((1000 HELICOPTERS))

just kiding

October 9th, 2006, 01:51 PM	#1
CrazY ... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kuwait Posts: 3,902 Likes (Received): 1	Kuwait to take delivery of 16 US Apache Attack helicopters KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait is to take delivery of 16 Apache attack helicopters from the United States in December, the emirate's Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah said in published comments. "We will take delivery of 16 Apache helicopters in December. They will beef up our modern security system," he said in remarks carried in the Kuwaiti press. The 16 AH-64D Apache Longbow advanced attack helicopters are part of a 2.1-billion-dollar deal signed between the United States and Kuwait in 2002. Delivery was supposed to have taken place last year. The deal, which includes four spare engines and about 300 Hellfire missiles, also provides for maintenance, supply of necessary spare parts, and the training of 48 pilots and instructors as well as 200 Kuwaiti technicians. At the time of the signing, the minister said the Apaches will be equipped with state-of-the-art systems that will allow them to operate under any conditions. They will also be equipped with electronic protection systems, Longbow radars and anti-armor Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, the minister said. Since its liberation by a US-led coalition from seven months of Iraqi occupation in 1991, the oil-rich emirate has spent billions of dollars on arms purchases, mainly from the United States. It has also bought arms from Britain, France, Russia and China. It has spent a 12-billion-dollar supplementary defense budget, launched after the liberation, mainly for arms purchases on top of its normal military budget. Defense and security account for about 15 percent of public spending, which last fiscal year reached 23 billion dollars. Kuwait is linked in a defense pact with the United States that runs until 2012 and around 15,000 US troops are stationed in the Gulf state. It has also signed similar pacts with France and Britain. Yahoo News Article

October 11th, 2006, 02:25 AM	#2
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