Kuwait is determined to have US F18 warplanes and Apatchi helicopters

Kuwait on Sunday announced its determination to be provided with F-18 warplanes and US-made Apatchi helicopters.

The Kuwaiti defense minister Sheikh jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah said that the:" Kuwaiti ministry of defense has taken the first steps to buy new helicopters planes of Apatchi type besides F-18 warplanes. The Kuwaiti minister did not define the number of the planes nor the value of the contract. The Kuwaiti army, in particular uses American weapons and British weapons in particular.

The Kuwaiti news agency said that Sheikh Jaber made this statement following an inspection visit he made on Sunday morning on several armed forces units and formations in military positions to congratulate on the fall of Eid al-Fiter.

The Kuwaiti minister stressed:" the care of the government to provide the armed forces in the Kuwaiti army by all its sectors with most sophisticated weapons and military equipment with the objective of strengthening means of defending the country."

Since the second Gulf war of 1991, Kuwait has been stressing that Iraq still constitutes a threat to its security.

The Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in August 1990 and after seven months was expelled out of it by an international alliance led by the UN. Upon liberating Kuwait, Kuwait signed with Washington a joint defense agreement according to which 3,000 American troopers to be stationed permanently in al-Doha camp which is situated in the northern west of the country.