Royal Saudi Arabia Armed forces
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The Royal Saudi Air Force, as we mentioned previously, needs a lot of fighters to compensate for the old ones that will go out of service such as the Tornado and the F15C and D,,The total is no less than 140 fighters to be replaced..
Thus Saudi Arabia needs the Rafale and Typhoon deals together.. 48 Typhoons and 100 Rafales..
It is not true what some might think that the Rafale will constitute a burden in terms of infrastructure and assimilation because it is a new fighter..
The best example is Qatar, which is a small country and its military capacity is very limited,
Still it has absorbed at the same time and in a very short time, three types of fighters; F15, Typhoon, and Rafale, so one can assume that Saudi Arabia with its big capabilities is very capable of absorbing the Rafale and its ToT..
Versatility and smoothness of movement is undoubtedly one of the most important characteristics of the Typhoon fighter
Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine multi-role fighter aircraft
The Rafale is the world's only multi-role aircraft that can be operated from a land base or an aircraft carrier, and can carry 1.5 times its weight in weapons and fuel. They are designed to perform all combat aviation missions:
- Air-to-air interception with 30 mm cannon, Mica IR/EM missiles and long-range Meteor missiles
- Close air support (CAS) with 30 mm cannon, laser-guided GBU bombs and GPS guided AASM bombs
- Deep strikes with Scalp/Storm Shadow cruise missiles
- Anti-ship attack with Exocet AM39 Block 2 missiles and other air-to-surface weapons
- In-flight refueling from one Rafale aircraft to another
- Real-time tactical and strategic reconnaissance using the Areos Pod
France placed orders for five batches of Rafales, as follows: 13 Rafales in 1993; 48 in 1999; 59 in 2004; 60 in 2009; and 42 in 2023. In 2021, France placed a special order for 12 Rafale fighters to replace the 12 aircraft transferred to Greece. Thus, the total French orders amount to 234 Rafale aircraft.
Nuclear deterrence (France only) with ASMP-A missile
Total export orders currently stand at 261 Rafale aircraft (new aircraft):
Egypt: 55
Qatar: 36
India: 36
Greece: 12
Croatia: 12
United Arab Emirates: 80
Indonesia: 42
Thus Saudi Arabia needs the Rafale and Typhoon deals together.. 48 Typhoons and 100 Rafales..
It is not true what some might think that the Rafale will constitute a burden in terms of infrastructure and assimilation because it is a new fighter..
The best example is Qatar, which is a small country and its military capacity is very limited,
Still it has absorbed at the same time and in a very short time, three types of fighters; F15, Typhoon, and Rafale, so one can assume that Saudi Arabia with its big capabilities is very capable of absorbing the Rafale and its ToT..
Versatility and smoothness of movement is undoubtedly one of the most important characteristics of the Typhoon fighter
Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine multi-role fighter aircraft
The Rafale is the world's only multi-role aircraft that can be operated from a land base or an aircraft carrier, and can carry 1.5 times its weight in weapons and fuel. They are designed to perform all combat aviation missions:
- Air-to-air interception with 30 mm cannon, Mica IR/EM missiles and long-range Meteor missiles
- Close air support (CAS) with 30 mm cannon, laser-guided GBU bombs and GPS guided AASM bombs
- Deep strikes with Scalp/Storm Shadow cruise missiles
- Anti-ship attack with Exocet AM39 Block 2 missiles and other air-to-surface weapons
- In-flight refueling from one Rafale aircraft to another
- Real-time tactical and strategic reconnaissance using the Areos Pod
France placed orders for five batches of Rafales, as follows: 13 Rafales in 1993; 48 in 1999; 59 in 2004; 60 in 2009; and 42 in 2023. In 2021, France placed a special order for 12 Rafale fighters to replace the 12 aircraft transferred to Greece. Thus, the total French orders amount to 234 Rafale aircraft.
Nuclear deterrence (France only) with ASMP-A missile
Total export orders currently stand at 261 Rafale aircraft (new aircraft):
Egypt: 55
Qatar: 36
India: 36
Greece: 12
Croatia: 12
United Arab Emirates: 80
Indonesia: 42
The SC
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The largest military maneuver of the Saudi Armed Forces will be held in the northern region with the participation of more than 100,000 soldiers under the name Sword of Peace 12
The maneuver is held in each version in a different region, with the participation of various sectors and units of the armed forces in the region in which the maneuver is held, with numbers of up to 150,000 soldiers!!
The military forces participating in the “Sword of Peace 12” exercise arrive in the northern region and begin the training phase..
The maneuver is held in each version in a different region, with the participation of various sectors and units of the armed forces in the region in which the maneuver is held, with numbers of up to 150,000 soldiers!!
The SC
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Navantia Commissions Corvette HMS UNAYZAH (C550) to Royal Saudi Navy
On behalf of His Royal Highness Minister of Defence Princ Khaled Bin Salman, The Chief of Staff, General Fayyad bin Hamed al Ruwaili, and the Chief of Staff of Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily, have presided today the commissioning of the fifth corvette, built at Navantia’s Bay of Cádiz shipyard, to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF). In accordance with the terms of the contract, the handover took place at the King Faisal naval base in Jeddah. In this special occasion, His Excellency Chief of Staff of Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily delivered his speech indicating that HMS UNAYZAH is the fifth and last corvette of Al-Sarawat project to be delivered. HMS UNAYZAH, as the rest of her class, was built to be one of the world’s most technologically advanced and powerful corvette to meet National mandates in realization of Saudi vision 2030, possessing distinctive capabilities to handle multi-combat missions with high efficiency to enhance the combat readiness of the RSNF, to defend the strategic and vital interests of the Kingdom, and to maintain maritime security in the region.
The corvette HMS UNAYZAH has a length of 104 meters, a beam of 14 and seating for a total of 102 people between crew and passengers. The contract for the construction of five corvettes entered into force in November 2018 and, since the launch of the first unit (July 2020), Navantia has already launched the five units with a period of four months between each one of them, which means achieving this milestone in a record time of three years. Deliveries are taking place after just over three years from the cutting of the first plate of each ship. The corvettes are based on the AVANTE 2200 design, adapted to the requirements of the RSNF, offering advanced performance, excellent work at sea, high survivability, and ability to operate in extreme temperatures. Concurrently, around 700 crew members, engineers, and maintainers of these corvettes are completing the education and training process at the Navantia Training Center (NTC) in San Fernando.
In addition to the corvette contract, Navantia agreed with SAMI (Saudi Arabian Military Industries) to create a joint venture in Saudi Arabia, an alliance that allows Navantia to position its integrated systems and technologically advanced solutions in the Arab market and area of influence and is aligned with the company’s internationalization strategy. The contract assumes a global workload of around seven million hours and 6,000 jobs over five years. Of these, more than 1,100 are direct employees, more than 1,800 collaborating industry employees (more than a hundred companies participate at the programme) and more than 3,000 indirect employees generated by other suppliers. The program includes, in addition to construction, the Life Cycle Support for five years from the delivery of the first ship, with an option for another five additional years, the last ship of which must be delivered in 2024. It also includes the provision of various services, such as integrated logistics support, operational and maintenance training, provision of Education and Training Centres for the Combat System and Platform Control System of ships, Life Cycle Support, and ship maintenance systems at the Jeddah Naval Base.
GoMig-21
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Wow, awesome thread, SC bro. You da man and the best representative for us Muslims & Arabs on this forum Walahi.
الله يبارك فيك
Some critiques claim it's better all-around.
I'm curious what else is in this $13 billion package? I must've missed it but now I'm really curious.
I posed this question/comment several times before, here and on other boards and I never really get the true answer TBH. Why is it that Egypt, having a peace treaty with the zionist entity that it has honorably honored for 30+ years, conducted diplomatic and even major economic deals, still seen as a threat to that entity while examples like this including Saudiya, the UAE, Bahrain etc. never even recognized the zionist entity let alone have complete diplomatic & economic relations with it get awarded the AIM-120 & AIM-9X missiles? Heck even Jordan which is geographically even closer to the capital of the zionist state is awarded the AIM-120.
The proximity is the usual, common answer that I get in that because of the distance, the chances are unlikely that they would be used against the murdering aircraft of the zionist which I find absurd to no end.
It has also become a issue with non-US-built weapons systems such as the Meteor and a few other items. We're hoping to see an end to this terrible and disrespectful process starting now and with any future acquisitions ISA.
That's about as impressive as it gets as far as AWACS, EAW&C & ELINT/SIGINT platforms are concerned. They're basically the best in the world combined. Incredible. I can't imagine the work it took to integrate the libraries and to sort out acquired signal intelligence information with these mega systems, especially integrating the different models from different sources/origins such as between the SAAB Erieye and the E3 Sentry for example. Remarkable.
Can you imagine the suffering these poor lads must be enduring with all that fire so close to their faces while wearing that heavy uniform AND especially the heat of Saudiya! Yalahweee!
This is when they sing that song "MEN MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN!"
Wait bro, where is "Diameter"?
Keep up the great work, ma bro.
الله يبارك فيك
Some critiques claim it's better all-around.
I'm curious what else is in this $13 billion package? I must've missed it but now I'm really curious.
I posed this question/comment several times before, here and on other boards and I never really get the true answer TBH. Why is it that Egypt, having a peace treaty with the zionist entity that it has honorably honored for 30+ years, conducted diplomatic and even major economic deals, still seen as a threat to that entity while examples like this including Saudiya, the UAE, Bahrain etc. never even recognized the zionist entity let alone have complete diplomatic & economic relations with it get awarded the AIM-120 & AIM-9X missiles? Heck even Jordan which is geographically even closer to the capital of the zionist state is awarded the AIM-120.
The proximity is the usual, common answer that I get in that because of the distance, the chances are unlikely that they would be used against the murdering aircraft of the zionist which I find absurd to no end.
It has also become a issue with non-US-built weapons systems such as the Meteor and a few other items. We're hoping to see an end to this terrible and disrespectful process starting now and with any future acquisitions ISA.
That's about as impressive as it gets as far as AWACS, EAW&C & ELINT/SIGINT platforms are concerned. They're basically the best in the world combined. Incredible. I can't imagine the work it took to integrate the libraries and to sort out acquired signal intelligence information with these mega systems, especially integrating the different models from different sources/origins such as between the SAAB Erieye and the E3 Sentry for example. Remarkable.
Can you imagine the suffering these poor lads must be enduring with all that fire so close to their faces while wearing that heavy uniform AND especially the heat of Saudiya! Yalahweee!
This is when they sing that song "MEN MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN!"
Wait bro, where is "Diameter"?
Keep up the great work, ma bro.
The SC
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I fixed it.. bad translation..of Qatar! HaHaHa!Wow, awesome thread, SC bro. You da man and the best representative for us Muslims & Arabs on this forum Walahi.
الله يبارك فيك
Some critiques claim it's better all-around.
I'm curious what else is in this $13 billion package? I must've missed it but now I'm really curious.
I posed this question/comment several times before, here and on other boards and I never really get the true answer TBH. Why is it that Egypt, having a peace treaty with the zionist entity that it has honorably honored for 30+ years, conducted diplomatic and even major economic deals, still seen as a threat to that entity while examples like this including Saudiya, the UAE, Bahrain etc. never even recognized the zionist entity let alone have complete diplomatic & economic relations with it get awarded the AIM-120 & AIM-9X missiles? Heck even Jordan which is geographically even closer to the capital of the zionist state is awarded the AIM-120.
The proximity is the usual, common answer that I get in that because of the distance, the chances are unlikely that they would be used against the murdering aircraft of the zionist which I find absurd to no end.
It has also become a issue with non-US-built weapons systems such as the Meteor and a few other items. We're hoping to see an end to this terrible and disrespectful process starting now and with any future acquisitions ISA.
That's about as impressive as it gets as far as AWACS, EAW&C & ELINT/SIGINT platforms are concerned. They're basically the best in the world combined. Incredible. I can't imagine the work it took to integrate the libraries and to sort out acquired signal intelligence information with these mega systems, especially integrating the different models from different sources/origins such as between the SAAB Erieye and the E3 Sentry for example. Remarkable.
Can you imagine the suffering these poor lads must be enduring with all that fire so close to their faces while wearing that heavy uniform AND especially the heat of Saudiya! Yalahweee!
This is when they sing that song "MEN MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN!"
Wait bro, where is "Diameter"?
Keep up the great work, ma bro.
The $13 billion deal between KSA and South-Korea was announced as a secret deal at first..than some parts were leaked.. like the K-2., the Chunmoo II MLRS (done deal), Ships tailor made corvettes for KSA with ToT..and even the latest submarines with Ballistic missile lunch capabilities,,some systems might still be considered confidential.. We just know that lately KSA and SK will develop a 6th generation fighter based on KF-21..
No Aim-120 for Egypt out of fear.. you know what Egypt did to the IAF in 1973 with 2 generation lower fighter planes.. put yourself in the US and its protege i.e Israel shoes imagining what you can do with equal same generation weapon systems..
Yes the Electronic warfare of RSAF is very impressive indeed.. I remember them contracting the best CI5 in the US.. and were not satisfied..so they had to restart from zero (the Americans) ..till reaching the satisfactory results that KSA was seeking.. but the best fact is that KSA is using its own advanced software to operate all these systems..
Yes training is very harsh.. same as Egypt.. there is no constraints when your land's security is involved.. you need real tough men well trained to face any eventuality..
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Saudi Armed Forces
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Royal Saudi Land Forces - RSLF
The nation’s impregnable fortress, its strong shield, its deterrent power, and the nucleus of the Saudi military forces. It is the first regular Saudi military force whose emergence was witnessed in the region’s military theater.
The ground forces are distributed among eight military regions covering the entire geographical scope of the Kingdom, and it consists of several regional commands, independent weapons, colleges, institutes, advanced schools, formations, departments, bodies, and various groups, which join forces with each other to be able, with all efficiency, to fight military battles on the battlefield.
The most prominent infantry weapons systems and equipment:
- M2 Bradley Infantry Combat Carrier (600 vehicles)
- AMX-10P infantry combat carrier (290 vehicles in various configurations)
- M-113 Infantry Carrier (+ 2000 various configurations)
- VCC-1 TOW Armor Hunter (300 armored vehicles)
- TITUS troop carrier (number unknown)
- VAB MK-3 light armored vehicle (number unknown)
- VAB MK-2 light armored vehicle (number unknown)
- M-ATV Armored vehicle (number + 2000 vehicles)
- Humvee armored vehicle number (unknown)
- Al-Shabal 2 armored vehicle, number (unknown)
- MMV armored vehicle number (unknown)
- Sherpa armored vehicle number (unknown)
- VAMTAC armored vehicle number (unknown)
- Mortars of multiple calibers (60 mm, 81 mm, 120 mm)
Reconnaissance drones used by the infantry:
- The RQ-20 Puma UAV
- The RQ-11 Raven UAV
- Indago 2 and Indago 3 UAV
Anti-armor missiles used by the infantry:
- BGM-71 TOW-2 missile (various versions)
- RBS-56B Bill-2 missile
- HOT-3 missile
- MILAN missile
- Raybolt missile
- Dragon missile
- NLAW missile
- C90-CR missile
- RPG-7 launcher
**Note: The Saudi formation of military units is different from most of the known formations of the world’s armies. The Saudi brigade group consists of 7-9 battalions (armored vehicles, mechanized infantry, artillery, administrative support, etc.), and the battalion consists of 400 to 1,300 individuals (1,050 battalions). Parachute Thunderbolt) with a number of individuals reaching more than 10,000 individuals for the brigade group, which amounts to the formation of a division in some armies.
Infantry/Mechanized Brigades
- Othman bin Affan Brigade / 3 (Southern Region)
- Ali bin Abi Talib Brigade / 9th (Southern Region)
- Imam Saud Al-Kabeer Brigade / 11 (Southern Region)
- Imam Turki Brigade / 14 (Northwestern Region)
- King Saud Brigade /16 (Eastern Region)
- Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigade / 17 (Eastern Region)
- King Abdullah Brigade /18 (Southern Region)
- Al-Farouq Brigade / 19 (Southern Region)
- King Abdulaziz Brigade /20 (Northern Region)
A standard mechanized infantry brigade consists of:
Three mechanized battalions (54 APC/IFV armored personnel carriers), a tank battalion (42 tanks), an armored reconnaissance battalion (equipped with Piranha/LAV armored vehicles), an artillery battalion, an administrative support battalion, an engineer battalion, (an air defense battalion attached to the formation when necessary), and an armored resistance company. /D, a signal company, a command company, and a police company
Independent infantry battalions
- 31st Light Infantry Battalion
- 33rd Light Infantry Battalion
- 35th Light Infantry Battalion
- 36th Light Infantry Battalion
- 38th Light Infantry Battalion
- 39th Light Infantry Battalion
- 40th Light Infantry Battalion
- 41st Light Infantry Battalion
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The most prominent armored weapon systems
- M1A2S Abrams main battle tank (655 tanks)
- M-60A3 Patton-2 main battle tank (460 tanks)
- AMX-30 main battle tank (230 tanks)
- LAV-II / LAV-700 / Piranha armored vehicle (+ 2000 armored vehicles)
-VBC-90 armored vehicle (number unknown)
- King Khalid Brigade /4th (Southern Region)
- King Fahd Brigade /6th (Northern Region)
- Prince Sultan Brigade /7th (Northwestern Region)
- King Fahd Brigade/8th (Northwestern Region)
- King Faisal Brigade /10th (Southern Region)
- Khaled Ibn Al-Walid Brigade / 12th (Northwestern Region)
- Osama Bin Zaid Brigade / 13th (Eastern Region)
The standard armored brigade consists of:
Three tank battalions (42 tanks per battalion), a mechanized infantry battalion (54 mechanized vehicles), an artillery battalion, an administrative support battalion, an engineer battalion, (an air defense battalion attached to the formation when necessary), an armored reconnaissance company, an M/D armor resistance company, a command company, a signal company, and a police company.
Independent armored battalions
- 1st Light Armored Battalion (Najran)
- 2nd Light Armored Battalion (Al-Kharj)
- 3rd Light Armored Battalion (Medina/Khamis Mushayt)
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The most prominent systems of paratroopers and special operations forces
- M-ATV
- Humvee stroller
- Cub stroller 2
- Polaris MRZR4 wagon
- Multi-caliber mortar (60mm, 81mm, 120mm)
Reconnaissance drones
- The RQ-11 Raven UAV
- SkyRanger R60 UAV
- The Indago UAV
Anti-armor missiles
- BGM-71 TOW-2 missile
- MILAN missile
-Raybolt missile
- M72 LAW missile
Brigades
Imam Faisal bin Turki 1st Parachute Brigade
It consists of (4 paratrooper battalions, an artillery battalion, an administrative support battalion, and a command company).
GoMig-21
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Whar part of Saudiya is this, SC Bro? I'm guessing somewhere in the super high elevations & mountainous areas of the northeast region, right?
BTW, talking about the gargantuan effort the RSAF must've gone through inducting the awesome E-3 Sentry AWACs and tankers and the training it must constantly adhere to along with all the safety protocols etc.? This just goes to show how dangerous working with those two platforms can be. Getting caught in a sudden gust or not paying attention and moving the yolk the wrong way or whatever. Concentration must be 100% at all times.
https://destinationksa.com/5-places-in-saudi-arabia-where-it-snows/
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