F-16 fighter jets

US approves $1.4 Billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, strengthening Gulf defence ties | World News

The US approved $1.4 billion in sales supporting Saudi helicopters and Bahrain’s ageing F-16 fleet/Representative Image For decades, the United States has played a central role in strengthening the military capabilities of its Gulf allies, from supplying advanced fighter jets to training local forces. These partnerships are more than a matter of defence, they are […]

‘Knew F-16s could deliver nukes’: Ex-CIA officer makes major claim on Pakistan; recalls warning of ‘enemy within’

Former CIA counterproliferation officer Richard Barlow In a startling revelation, former CIA counterproliferation officer Richard Barlow has claimed that successive US Presidents continued to certify Pakistan as a non-nuclear state until 1989 — even though Washington’s own intelligence showed that US-supplied F-16 fighter jets had been modified to deliver nuclear weapons.Barlow, who tracked Pakistan’s clandestine […]