Re: Saudi Arabia commits to Eurofighter Typhoon deal
My friend went to Saudi a few months before the war. Allegedly quite a number of the Royal Saudi Airforce went on unplanned leave when the war started. Luckily for my friend the retention bonus for staying with BAe was quite large and it was seen as politically expedient for the RSAF to be able to operate the Tornado's.
In fairness to the Saudi's - I don't think the current U.K government is aware of the Typhoon's capability or indeed bothered ! They can see barrels of oil which in a increasingly jittery world is worth far more than jets which they can buy at some stage in the future.