Iraq's seen as major arms buyer by 2020

[ninja85]

for $19 billion.from US

36 Lockheed Martin F-16IQ Block 52 fighter jets, Is that too costly or with Some more weapons

and they looking for 100 of F 16 Bl 52 ....

$ 10 billions....From US

they Have THREE C 130J and three more delivered in This Year

25 Bell attack helicopters armed with Lockheed Martin laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles may be AH1Z Viper or Cobra

140 upgraded Abrams MBT

160 Guardian armored security vehicles

The $4.2 billion Russian deal

May be 10 or more MiG-29M/M2 interceptors,
30 Mil Mi-28N Night Hawk I Thing
42 Pantsir S-1 Very advance Short Range air-defense missile systems.

$1 Billion from Czech

28 L-159 Alca advanvec trainer/light attack aircraft



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Heared Somewhere that they Looking for Mi 17 V5 and T 90 Tanks also ...


Well Setuped Defense I thing

don't they (iraqi's) have poor people.

 

[SajeevJino]

13 Russian Mi-28NE helicopters arrive in Iraq ​

Thirteen Russian Mi-28NE "Night Hunter" helicopters have arrived in Iraq, the Alsumaria television channel said on Saturday, January 4.

It said the helicopters would be used in the counter-terrorism operation in the Anbar Province in the west of the country.

This is the second such shipment to Iraq in recent months. The first one consisted of 15 Mi helicopters, the channel said.

In the autumn of 2013, the first group of Iraqi pilots and technicians completed their training in Russia.

Iraq will receive a total of 40 Mi-28NE and Mi-35 helicopters to be used for guarding the border and fighting terrorists. The 4.2 billion US dollar contract for their supply was signed during the Iraqi president's visit to Moscow in 2012.

13 Russian Mi-28NE helicopters arrive in Iraq - News - World - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video

 

[jmj_overlord]

seems like iraq is in a race to be like as before the gulf war. Americans might be using this oppurtunity to arm up iraq to counter iran. Israel in the left, Iraq in the right......would have been a good move for US forces in case of a war time situation......

 

[datguy79]

seems like iraq is in a race to be like as before the gulf war. Americans might be using this oppurtunity to arm up iraq to counter iran. Israel in the left, Iraq in the right......would have been a good move for US forces in case of a war time situation......

Saddam was a Sunni, the current Shia government is in bed with Iran. I would say that Iran has more influence in present day Iraq than the Americans.

 

[SajeevJino]

500 AGM-114K/R Hellfire missiles for $82 million ​

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for AGM-114K/R Hellfire Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $82 million.

The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 500 AGM-114K/R Hellfire missiles, Hellfire missile conversion, blast fragmentation sleeves, and installation kits, containers, transportation, spare and repair parts, support equipment, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $82 million.

Iraq - AGM -114K/R Hellfire Missiles | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 

[SajeevJino]

Iraq to get 24 AH-64E Apache gunships in a deal worth 4.8 billion USD​

Included in the deal, according to the press release, are "56 T700-GE-701D Engines, 27 AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight, 27 AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors, 12 AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars with Radar Electronics Unit (LONGBOW component), 28 AN/AAR-57(V)7 Common Missile Warning Systems, 28 AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets, 28 AN/APR-39A(V)4 or APR-39C(V)2 Radar Signal Detecting Sets, 28 AN/ALQ-136A(V)5 Radar Jammers, 52 AN/AVS-6, 90 Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets, 60 HELLFIRE Missile Launchers, and 480 AGM-114R HELLFIRE Missiles."

Also included in the potential deal according to the release are "AN/APR-48 Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers, AN/APX-117 Identification Friend-or-Foe Transponders, Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial Navigation with Multi Mode Receiver, MXF-4027 UHF/VHF Radios, 30mm Automatic Chain Guns, Aircraft Ground Power Units, 2.75 in Hydra Rockets, 30mm rounds, M211 and M212 Advanced Infrared Countermeasure Munitions flares, spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment, site surveys, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, design and construction, and other related elements of logistics support."

All worth a cool $4.8 billion!

The proposed sale must have been brought about due to the difficulties encountered by Iraqi forces in dealing with heavily armed insurgents that took over Falluja earlier this month.

The Aviationist » Iraq to get 24 AH-64E Apache gunships in a deal worth 4.8 billion USD

 

[SajeevJino]

Czech firm says planning sale of 12 L-159 fighter jets to Iraq​

Czech aviation company Aero Vodochody has agreed to sell 12 L-159 subsonic fighter jets from the Czech army's stock to Iraq, a spokesman for the company's owner said on Monday.


"Aero management has reached an agreement, which has a number of conditions and it also depends on the Defense Ministry's stance," said Martin Danko, a spokesman for Penta Investments, the Czech-Slovak investment group which owns Aero Vodochody.

- (Reuters)

Czech firm says planning sale of 12 L-159 fighter jets to Iraq - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[SajeevJino]

First Iraqi F-16 makes maiden flight​

The first of 36 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon multirole combat aircraft for the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) has made its maiden flight, the company announced on 7 May.

The twin-seat F-16D conducted the flight out of the Fort Worth production facility in Texas, although Lockheed Martin disclosed no further details.

Iraq is set to shortly begin receiving its first batch of 18 aircraft, which will bridge the top-end capability gap that the IQAF has had since it was reconstituted in 2003 following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

According to US Defense Security and Co-operation Agency (DSCA) notifications, these aircraft will be equipped with Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems; conformal fuel tanks; Pratt & Whitney F100PW-229 or General Electric F110-GE-129 increased-performance engines; AN/APG-68(V)9 radar sets; AN/AAQ-33 Sniper or AN/AAQ-28 Litening targeting pods; F-9120 Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance Systems (AARS) or DB-110 reconnaissance pods; AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites or Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems (ACES); and AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispensing systems.

Weapon systems listed by the DSCA comprised

M61 20 mm Vulcan cannons (plus 40,000 rounds of ammunition);

AIM-9L/M-8/9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles; AIM-7M-F1/H Sparrow medium-range missiles;

AGM-65D/G/H/K Maverick air-to-surface missiles;

500 lb (226.8 kg) GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs;

2,000 lb GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bombs;

2,000 lb GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bombs;

Mk 84 2000 lb and Mk 82 500 lb general-purpose bombs.

First Iraqi F-16 makes maiden flight - IHS Jane's 360

 

[jmj_overlord]

m1 abrams, f 16 fighting falcons....what next ? iraqi armed forces are on their way to become a formidable armed force in the middle east