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Saudi Arabia Buys $47M in Drones from Taiwan Amid Gulf War Footing

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Saudi Arabia Buys $47M in Drones from Taiwan Amid Gulf War Footing

πŸ›Έ RIYADH β€” Riyadh buys drones from Taiwan while Washington sends it a security bill. πŸ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: Absorbing Houthi strikes and facing an independent escalation choice, Riyadh is expanding ISR procurement outside US channels. Taiwan's emergence as a Gulf arms supplier inverts the China calculus: Beijing backs Iran while its rival arms Riyadh. Riyadh is hedging on supply chains, US reliability, and autonomous warfighting capacity.

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