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 by James Laporta Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2018
Lockheed Martin has been awarded dual contracts by the U.S. Army for Patriot missiles for Saudi Arabia and Romania. The deals, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, carry a combined value of more than $529.9 million combined under the terms of foreign military sales contracts. The agreements enables Lockheed Martin to provide Saudi Arabia and Romania with PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 missiles, along with other services, such as "missile segment enhancements, command launch station, initial spares and unique costs." Work on both contracts will occur in multiple locations in the United States, and both are expected to be complete in February 2028. Between the two contracts, more than $401.8 million will be obligated to Lockheed Martin at time of award from Army fiscal 2018 other procurement funds and foreign military sale funds, the Defense Department said.
HRW slams 'unlawful' Yemen rebel missile attacks on Saudi On March 25, the Iran-backed rebels fired seven ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities said their defences intercepted all seven, but falling debris from one of the missiles killed a migrant worker in the capital Riyadh. Human Rights Watch said the missile attacks "violated the laws of war" as they were fired "indiscriminately at populated areas", calling on the Huthis to cease their attacks. Over the weekend, Saudi air defences intercepted another Huthi missile targeting the southern city of Najran. The Yemen war -- which has created what the UN has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis -- has killed nearly 10,000 people since 2015, when a regional military coalition led by Saudi Arabia joined the government's war against the rebels. While both parties in the war stand accused of neglecting civilian safety, the Saudi-led coalition in particular has drawn harsh condemnation from international rights groups for civilian deaths, landing on a UN blacklist last year for the killing and maiming of children. The Huthis have intensified missile attacks on Saudi Arabia since November, and the coalition imposed a blockade on Yemen ports and airports in retaliation. The blockade has since been partially lifted. "The Huthis should immediately stop their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated areas of Saudi Arabia," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "But just as unlawful coalition airstrikes don't justify the Huthis' indiscriminate attacks, the Saudis can't use Huthi rockets to justify impeding life-saving goods for Yemen's civilian population."
How USSR Rose Victorious in Reagan's Star Wars Race Washington DC (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2018 The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) kicked off by the Reagan administration on March 23, 1983 still prompts a heated debate, Sputnik military observer Vadim Saranov writes, revealing how Washington's Star Wars facilitated the development of Soviet weapon systems. Exactly 35 years ago, then US President Ronald Reagan officially announced the launch of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which envisaged the development of a wide array of advanced weapons systems, military observer Vadim Sarano ... read more
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