Paveway IVs coming off the production line are heading straight to Saudi Arabia

Britain has agreed to let Saudi Arabia take over Paveway IV precision guided bombs on the production line at Raytheon UK that were meant for the Royal Air Force.

Typhoon Aircraft Armed with Paveway IV MOD 45150450
Photo: Sgt Gordy Elias/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

This is to ensure that the Saudis have healthy stocks of the weapon for strike missions against Islamic State targets and against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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