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Saudi king to visit US for first time since rift


RIYADH: Saudi King Salman will visit the United States next month for the first time since acceding the throne and following a rift over America’s rapprochement with Iran, a diplomat said Wednesday.

The monarch, who pulled out of a Gulf leaders’ summit with US President Barack Obama in May at the last minute, would travel to Washington on September 4, the Saudi diplomat said.

He would also attend a US-Saudi forum in Washington to be held on September 4-6, the source said, requesting anonymity.

The forum would focus on “energy, health, petrochemicals as well as financial services,” among other issues, said the diplomat.

Washington has sought to allay the concerns of its traditional allies over a historic deal it and other world powers reached with Tehran over the Islamic republic’s suspect nuclear programme.

Since late last year, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia has also been part of a US-led coalition bombing the Islamic State group which has occupied parts of Iraq and Syria.

US aerial refuelling, intelligence and other assistance have also supported a Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.



Back to bottling my Grenache

Launching a new Scud into Saudi Arabia, today:


Back to bottling my Grenache

Sorena Sattari, Iranian VP for Science and Technology, escorted by Russian president examines new cruise missiles:



Seems like Iranian-Russianmilitary ties after the deal will grow significantly.

ShahryarHedayat said:

Sorena Sattari, Iranian VP for Science and Technology, escorted by Russian president examines new cruise missiles:

Seems like Iranian-Russianmilitary ties after the deal will grow significantly.

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I am more interested in the two ladies to the right of the presenter

Although I must admit the missile is very intriguing.

Iran, Russia Reach Initial Agreement on Joint Helicopter Manufacturing

"The generalities related to a joint project were agreed between the Iranian side and Kamov company," Managing-Director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) Manouchehr Manteqi told FNA on Wednesday on the sidelines of the MAKS 2015 air show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow.

He said that after reaching the final agreement, the designers and experts of Iran and the Russian company will hold further negotiations to manufacture a joint product.

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Commander-In-Chief of Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Ram Rutberg, is on an official visit to India from 24 to 27 August.

The Vice Admiral Ram Rutberg called on Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command 25 August.

He toured the Indian Naval Ship Kolkata, an indigenously designed and developed guided missile destroyer, where he interacted with Rear Admiral R Hari Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet. He also visited the Heritage Hall and Apollo Bunder museums of the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

The two navies have a long history of cooperation on many fronts and INS Trikand, a frontline warship of the Western Naval Command, visited Haifa, Israel from 19 to 22 August.

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New pictures from the latest Iranian missile


As far as I know it's a SLV (in fact an ICBM) that is currently under development

Uzi Rubin talked about missile defense and the agreement over Iran’s nuclear program




Uzi is called the father of Israel's missile defense and a very famous missile specialist.

Iran, Russia Start Talks on Sukhoi 30

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran and Moscow started talks on the supply of the Russian-made Sukhoi 30 fighter jets to Iran.
The talks were held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the MAKS 2015 air show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow during which Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari were present.

"Today, we visited different parts of the exhibition and the fighter jets' air show for three and a half hours accompanied by Mr. Putin which was a rare opportunity," Sattari told FNA yesterday.

"Putin showed that he is well aware of the military issues, knows the companies and products and spends time to get more familiar with them," he added.

Asked if the issue of purchasing Russia's Shkhoi 30 was raised during the visit, Sattari said, "We spoke about it but we didn’t discuss purchasing them and talks were mostly focused on the technological issues."

"You should ask issues related to purchasing (Sukhoi 30) from the defense ministry, and other groups like the trade teams should pursue the issue," he added.

The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation.

It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions.

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