The United States is selling 84 F-15 jet fighters to Saudi Arabia, but without the long range weapons that go with them. Delivery takes place in 2015 after the US delivers Boeing’s more sophisticated F-35, thus assuring Israel’s aerial supremacy in the Middle East. According to the Wall Street Journal, the value of the sale to Saudi Arabia is worth $30 billion over ten years.
MOSCOW: FIRES, STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR MAYAK NUCLEAR PLANT
A state of emergency has been declared for the Mayak nuclear power plant in the Ural Mountains, threatened…