Report: Saudi Arabia sought to buy Israel’s Iron Dome system

Saudi Arabia’s government expressed interest in purchasing Israel’s antimissile Iron Dome system to stop attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to a report in the Swiss paper Basler Zeitung this week.A “European weapons dealer in the Saudi capital of Riyadh” said the Saudis are examining the purchase of Israeli military goods, including the Israeli Trophy Active Protection System, which was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta Group, the prominent Basel-based daily wrote.

 

Source: Report: Saudi Arabia sought to buy Israel’s Iron Dome system – Middle East – Jerusalem Post