Saudi Arabia buys US missile defense systems, not Russian ones.

Despite the fact that it was previously announced about real the intentions of Saudi Arabia to purchase Russian air defense and missile defense systems C-400 "Triumph"Saudi Arabia completely refuted these data, a key evidence of which was the conclusion of a deal with the United States for the purchase of THAAD PRO systems.

It is known that Saudi Arabia intends to acquire 44 launchers of the “THAAD” missile defense complexes, while the amount of the transaction will be about 15 billion dollars.

“The sale of THAAD anti-missile systems will be an important step in US-Saudi security cooperation in the face of the growing threat of Iran’s use and the extremists supported by ballistic missiles”, - informs American television channel "CNBC".

Moreover, there is evidence that Saudi Arabia has never considered the possibility of buying the Russian C-400 “Triumph” complexes, which casts doubt on the statements made earlier by the Russian authorities that there are active negotiations in this direction with Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, given the cost of the Russian C-400 “Triumph” air defense system, Saudi Arabia could purchase about 15 launchers of Russian complexes for the indicated 200 billion, thereby ensuring the most effective air defense and missile defense of the country.

Analysts, in turn, did not rule out the likelihood that the purchase of the American “THAAD” complexes is related to the intentions of Saudi Arabia to improve relations with the United States, which had seriously cooled after the murder of journalist Jamal Hashkoudzhi.