Moderadores: Lepanto, poliorcetes, Edu, Orel
(Source: Agence France-Presse; published Oct 18, 2017)
MANAMA --- Bahrain on Tuesday announced it had signed a $3.8 billion deal with Lockheed Martin for 16 upgraded F-16 fighter jets.
The Bahrain Defence Force signed the agreement with the US company during a defence exhibition in the Gulf kingdom, home to the US Fifth Fleet, the state-run BNA news agency reported.
US President Donald Trump has eased restrictions on arms sales to countries including Bahrain.
Bahrain has been rocked by unrest since 2011, when protesters hit the streets to demand a constitutional monarchy and an elected government.
The tiny Gulf archipelago has a majority Shiite population and has been ruled for more than two centuries by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty.
Bahraini authorities have come under harsh criticism for their crackdown on political dissent.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested since 2011 and a string of high-profile activists and clerics have been jailed or stripped of citizenship.
The government has accused Iran of inciting unrest.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Bahrain had originally requested 19 F-16V aircraft, for which it expected to pay $2,785 million, or $147.6 million each (see below).
However, it is now paying $3.8 billion for only 16 aircraft.
The difference is presumably due to additional equipment and weapons included in the final contract, but details are unlikely to be released unless Bahrain suddenly becomes much more transparent about its defense acquisitions.)
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Chorbis escribió:El IRST21 fabricado por Lockheed para el Super Hornet, ya empieza a sonar su evolución Block 2.
Orel escribió:Otro éxito del F-16V.
Orel escribió:........Lo del Block 60 no es IRST para AA, es un FLIR para AS, el AN/ASQ-28 IFTS .........
Orel escribió:..........La diferencia entre IRST y FLIR sí está clara, ¿verdad?
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