Air & missile defence
United States to Saudi Arabia: THAAD, 2017
Saudi Arabia was approved for the THAAD high-altitude missile defence system in a fifteen billion dollar case.
The record
- Weapon systemTHAAD
- CategoryAir & missile defence
- SupplierUnited States (Washington DC)
- RecipientSaudi Arabia (Riyadh)
- Units recordednot stated
- Value$15B
- Year2017
- StatusIn delivery
- Documentation confidence88/100
- Distance between capitals10,837 km
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