Reuters/Paul
Hanna
sARAWAk - Pentagon
telah mengumumkan senjata dolar berbilion kontrak baru dengan rejim Israel dan
Arab Saudi, sekutu utama Amerika di Timur Tengah. Kedua-duanya adalah setinggi
lutut dalam konflik ketenteraan menggugat kestabilan rantau ini.
Perjanjian
$1.9 billion dengan Israel membayangkan bekalan kira-kira 3,000 peluru berpandu
Hellfire ketepatan, 250 AIM-120C maju jarak sederhana peluru berpandu udara-ke-udara,
4,100 GBU-39 bom berdiameter kecil dan 50 BLU-113 bom bunker buster. Perintah
itu juga termasuk 14,500 kit untuk Bersama Serangan Langsung Senjata untuk
220kg dan bom 900kg dan pelbagai kit bom berpandukan laser Paveway.
Media
Israel melihat perjanjian itu sebagai "pampasan" untuk pemulihan
hubungan baik antara Iran dan Amerika Syarikat, yang Washington melihat sebagai
cuba untuk mendapatkan program nuklear Tehran di bawah kawalan.
Arm-ageddon:
US to resupply Israel’s bombs & missiles arsenal, sell attack choppers to
S. Arabia . . .
The
Pentagon has announced new multibillion dollar arms contracts with the regimes
in Israel and Saudi Arabia, America’s primary allies in the Middle East. Both
are knee-deep in military conflicts destabilizing the region.
The
$1.9 billion deal with Israel implies supply of some 3,000 Hellfire precision
missiles, 250 AIM-120C advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, 4,100 GBU-39
small diameter bombs and 50 BLU-113 bunker buster bombs. The order also
includes 14,500 tail kits for Joint Direct Attack Munitions for 220kg and 900kg
bombs and a variety of Paveway laser-guided bomb kits.
Israeli
media sees the deal as “compensation” for the rapprochement between Iran and
the US, which Washington sees as trying to get Tehran’s nuclear program under
control.
READ
MORE: Saudi Arabia to allow Israel use of its airspace to strike Iran – report (Arab
Saudi untuk membenarkan Israel menggunakan ruang udara untuk menyerang Iran -
laporan) http://on.rt.com/3km1of
Tel
Aviv telah mendadak mengkritik Washington untuk keputusan untuk berunding
perjanjian nuklear dengan Tehran, dan Israel walaupun dengan penuh megah
"berhak" untuk menjalankan serangan udara sepihak ke atas Iran.
"Jualan
yang dicadangkan peralatan ini akan memberikan Israel keupayaan untuk menyokong
keperluan mempertahankan diri," kata Agensi Perisikan Pertahanan
Amerika Syarikat, sambil menambah bahawa
kontrak baru yang dimaksudkan untuk "menambah" senjata Israel tanpa
membekalkan negara dengan apa-apa jenis senjata baru.
Pada
November 2014, dilaporkan bahawa Pentagon telah pergi untuk membekalkan Israel
dengan bom pintar 3000, sama seperti yang digunakan oleh Tentera Udara Israel
di Gaza pada musim panas lalu, di mana kira-kira 100 tan peluru yang digugurkan.
Kontraktor
utama untuk memenuhi perjanjian lumayan senjata Israel akan Boeing, Ellwood
Kebangsaan Forge, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin dan Raytheon Sistem Peluru
Berpandu, AFP melaporkan.
Bagi
Arab Saudi, pembeli terbesar di DUNIA senjata Amerika, ia mahu membeli 10
helikopter Seahawk MH-60R bersama-sama dengan radar, sistem navigasi dan 38
peluru berpandu Hellfire.
Tel
Aviv has been sharply criticizing Washington for its decision to negotiate a
nuclear deal with Tehran, and Israel has even ostentatiously “reserved the
right” to conduct a unilateral air strike on Iran.
“The
proposed sale of this equipment will provide Israel the ability to support its
self-defense needs," the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said,
adding that the new contract is meant to“replenish”Israel's arsenal without
supplying the country with any kind of new weapons.
In
November 2014 it was reported that Pentagon was going to supplying Israel with
3,000 smart bombs, similar to those used by the Israeli Air Force in Gaza last
summer, where an estimated 100 tons of munitions were dropped.
The
main contractors to fulfill the lucrative Israeli arms deal will be Boeing,
Ellwood National Forge, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missile
Systems, AFP reported.
As for
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest buyer of American weapons, it wants to buy 10
Seahawk MH-60R helicopters along with radars, navigation systems and 38
Hellfire missiles.
MH-60R
Seahawk helicopter (Reuters / Paolo Bayas)
READ
MORE: US to sell Saudi Arabia $1.75bn worth of Patriot air defenses (Amerika
Syarikat untuk menjual pada Arab Saudi bernilai $ 1.75bn pertahanan udara
Patriot)
Menurut
Perkhidmatan Penyelidikan Kongres (CRS) laporan, antara 2010 dan 2014 Riyadh
menghabiskan $90 billion pada senjata Amerika, menjadi pembeli terkemuka DUNIA
bagi buatan Amerika Syarikat.
Helikopter
akan dibekalkan oleh Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, manakala gear yang berkaitan akan
dikeluarkan oleh Lockheed Martin.
Pentadbiran
Amerika Syarikat mesti memberitahu Kongres 30 hari lebih awal daripada
penjualan senjata kepada kerajaan asing, sebagai penggubal undang-undang
mempunyai hak untuk menyekat atau meminda mana-mana perjanjian senjata.
According
to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report,
between 2010 and 2014 Riyadh spent $90 billion on American weapons, becoming
world’s leading buyer of US-made arms.
The
helicopters will be supplied by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, while associated gear
will be produced by Lockheed Martin.
The US
administration must notify Congress 30 days ahead of the sale of weapons to a
foreign government, as lawmakers have a right to block or amend any arms deal.
Saudi Arabia bombs #Yemen with US-supplied
cluster bombs – HRW (Bom Arab Saudi #Yemen dengan bom berangkai yang dibekalkan
Amerika Syarikat - HRW) http://on.rt.com/0hn3ge 3:14 PM - 4 May
2015
Kedua-dua
Israel dan Arab Saudi baru-baru ini telah menjalankan operasi serangan di
wilayah jiran-jiran mereka.
Sepanjang
tempoh kempen 50 hari di Gaza pada musim panas lalu, di mana Israel secara
aktif menggunakan Tentera Udara, lebih daripada 2,100 orang terbunuh,
sebahagian besar daripada mereka orang awam yang tidak bersenjata.
Both
Israel and Saudi Arabia have been recently conducting offensive operations on
the territory of their neighbors.
During
the 50-day campaign in Gaza last summer, where Israel actively used its Air
Force, more than 2,100 Palestinians were killed, the vast majority of them
unarmed civilians.
READ
MORE: Unarmed male civilians majority of Gaza, Syria fatalities last summer –
UK report (majoriti orang awam lelaki di Gaza tidak bersenjata, Syria Kematian musim
panas lalu - Laporan UK)
Israel
juga kerap mensasarkan serangan udara di wilayah jiran Syria.
Israel
is also regularly targeting airstrikes on the territory of neighboring Syria.
Reuters/Paul
Hanna
Selain
daripada beberapa serangan udara terhadap pemasangan tentera yang dikawal oleh
Tentera Syria, Damsyik menuduh Israel menyediakan sokongan udara kepada
kumpulan pengganas bersenjata di Syria.
Apart
from multiple airstrikes against military installations controlled by the
Syrian Army, Damascus has accused Israel of providing air support to armed
terrorist groups in Syria.
‘Saudis condemned cluster bombs in Syria but used banned
munitions in #Yemen?’
(Op-Ed) ('Arab Saudi mengutuk bom berangkai di Syria tetapi menggunakan peluru yang
diharamkan di #Yemen?' (Op-Ed)) http://on.rt.com/wlgmji 5:40 AM - 6 May
2015
READ MORE:
Israel strikes 9 military targets in Syria (Israel menyerang 9 sasaran
ketenteraan di Syria)
Arab
Saudi telah memulakan dan mengetuai serangan udara di wilayah jiran Yemen, di
mana pemberontak Houthi telah merampas kuasa dan menggulingkan presiden Riyadh
yang disokong.
Sejak
akhir Mac, apabila serangan udara telah dilancarkan dan sekatan tentera laut
Yaman telah dikenakan, sekurang-kurangnya 1,250 orang terbunuh dan lebih 5,000
cedera dalam konflik itu, menurut Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia. Anggaran
tempatan mangsa telah jauh lebih tinggi.
Saudi
Arabia has initiated and led airstrikes on the territory of neighbor Yemen,
where Houthi rebels have seized power and ousted a Riyadh-backed president.
Since
late March, when airstrikes were launched and a naval blockade of Yemen was
imposed, at least 1,250 people have been killed and over 5,000 wounded in the
conflict, according to the World Health Organization. Local estimates of
casualties have been much higher.
