Saudi Prince Bandar and US-Saudi armament relationsnote

The calls by Chief of the Saudi General Intelligence Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz for his country to make a shift in its arms procurement strategy from the United States to Europe and Russia are said to have had positive rather than negative impact on the US-Saudi armament relations. The following 472-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about Prince Bandar’s calls and what about their impact. [Fully reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/48 – November 29, 2013)]