Saudi Arabia to invest over $20 bln in domestic military industry over next decade

A picture taken on November 16, 2015 shows a Saudi F-15 fighter jet landing at the Khamis Mushayt military airbase, some 880 km from the capital Riyadh, as the Saudi army conducts operations over Yemen. (AFP)
A picture taken on November 16, 2015 shows a Saudi F-15 fighter jet landing at the Khamis Mushayt military airbase, some 880 km from the capital Riyadh, as the Saudi army conducts operations over Yemen. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia will invest more than $20 billion in its domestic military industry over the next decade also as part of aggressive plan; in order to boost local military spending, the head of the Kingdom's military industry regulator said on Saturday.

The Gulf state wants to develop and manufacturer; more weapons and military systems domestically, aiming to spend 50 percent of the military budget locally by 2030.

"The government has also put a plan that we will be investing; in excess of $10 billion in the military industry in Saudi Arabia over the next decade and equal amounts on research and development," Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Ohali told a defense conference in Abu Dhabi.

He also said the Kingdom plans to increase military research and development (R&D); spending from 0.2 percent to around 4 percent of armaments expenditure by 2030.

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