US Apache planes for Kuwait

The Kuwaiti defense minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad has stressed that his ministry signed a deal to buy American Apache planes also to be provided with radar and weapons.

In a statement to the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa issued on Friday, the Kuwaiti defense minister said that his ministry is currently studying signing a similar deal with a French company to renovate 12 helicopter of " Beyouma" type.