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قائد سلاح الجو البريطاني السابق : لا يمكن لبريطانيا تحريك قوات جوية مماثلة للقوة الجوية السعودية كما في حرب اليمن
Ongoing cuts to Britain's armed forces have seen the number of Tornado GR4 bombers down to around 36 and concerns are being raised over what would happen in the event of an intense military campaign.
Now it has been revealed the Saudis are using around 100 war jets in ongoing operations in Yemen, with half of them made in Britain by BAE Systems.They include Eurofighter Typhoons and Tornado GR4s.The Saudis have spent around £2.5billion upgrading their fleet while Britain has cut the number of its front line combat squadrons from 30 in 1990 to just seven today, according to experts.Former head of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon told the Telegraph: To mount a campaign for a lengthy period of time, as the Saudis are doing in Yemen, you need to have a lot of aircraft and a lot of aircrew to fly them, and we simply do not have those sorts of numbers because of the budget cuts
للقيام بحملة لفترة طويلة من الوقت، كالتي يقوم بها السعوديون في اليمن، أنت في حاجة الى الكثير من الطائرات و الكثير من أفراد الأطقم الجوية للطيران بها، ونحن ببساطة لا نملك تلك الأعداد بسبب تخفيضات الميزانية.
لقراءة باقي المقال.
As Britain struggles with military funding ... Saudi Arabia stockpiles UK-made war jets
FEARS have been raised over Britain's depleted military defences after it was revealed Saudi Arabia has TWICE as many UK-made warplanes as the Royal Air Force.
FEARS have been raised over Britain's depleted military defences after it was revealed Saudi Arabia has TWICE as many UK-made warplanes as the Royal Air Force.
Ongoing cuts to Britain's armed forces have seen the number of Tornado GR4 bombers down to around 36 and concerns are being raised over what would happen in the event of an intense military campaign.
Now it has been revealed the Saudis are using around 100 war jets in ongoing operations in Yemen, with half of them made in Britain by BAE Systems.They include Eurofighter Typhoons and Tornado GR4s.The Saudis have spent around £2.5billion upgrading their fleet while Britain has cut the number of its front line combat squadrons from 30 in 1990 to just seven today, according to experts.Former head of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon told the Telegraph: To mount a campaign for a lengthy period of time, as the Saudis are doing in Yemen, you need to have a lot of aircraft and a lot of aircrew to fly them, and we simply do not have those sorts of numbers because of the budget cuts
للقيام بحملة لفترة طويلة من الوقت، كالتي يقوم بها السعوديون في اليمن، أنت في حاجة الى الكثير من الطائرات و الكثير من أفراد الأطقم الجوية للطيران بها، ونحن ببساطة لا نملك تلك الأعداد بسبب تخفيضات الميزانية.
لقراءة باقي المقال.
