사우디아라비아, Saab 2000 ERIEYE AEW&C 구입...

 

지난 10월 7일 스웨덴 Saab 社가 총액 6억7천만불에 Saab 2000 ERIEYE AEW&C 1대와 관련 장비를 이름을 밝히지 않은

국가에 판매하기로 하였다는 소식을 전한 바 있습니다.  --->  Saab 2000 ERIEYE AEW&C 수출

 

이 소식을 전하면서, 제가 구매국은 파키스탄이 유력하다고 예상한 바 있었습니다. 그러나 11일字 스웨덴 국내 언론

[The Local] 에 따르면, 도입국가는 중동의 사우디아라비아 라고 합니다. 앞서 파키스탄으로 예상한 것이 틀렸다는 점

참조바랍니다.

 

지난 주 Saab 社의 Saab 2000 ERIEYE AEW&C 1대 판매 발표 후, 영국에서 발행되는 Jane's Defense Weekly 에서는

사우디아라비아가 구입하는 것이다 라는 보도가 있은 후, 스웨덴 야당이 공식적으로 독재국가인 사우디아라비아에 군사

무기수출을 반대 한다는 성명서를 발표함으로써, 최종적으로 사우디아라비아가 구입하는 것으로 확인이 되었습니다.

 

사민당과 녹색당 연합의 좌파 야당은 사우디아라비아에 대한 무기수출에 대해서 의회에서 투표할 것을 요구할 것으로

예상됩니다. 현재 스웨덴은 중도우파 연립 정권이 집권하고 있는데, 의회 과반수에는 2석이 모자르는 소수 여당입니다.

야당에서는 이러한 점을 노리고 이번 무기수출에 대한 반대를 하고 있는 것으로 판단 됩니다.

 

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Outrage over Swedish arms sales to Saudis

Published : 11 Oct 10 18:19 CET

 

Following a report at the weekend that Saab has once again signed a deal to sell equipment to Saudi Arabia, politicians on the left have called for an overhaul of Sweden’s weapons export laws.

 

“We’re talking about one of the world’s worst dictatorships. We can’t send weapons to dictatorships that should be buying food instead,” Green Party defence policy spokesperson Peter Rådberg told the TT news agency on Monday.

 

The comments come after a report published in Jane’s Defence Weekly, one of the world’s foremost publications on the defence industry, revealed Saudi Arabia as the buyer in a 4.5 billion kronor ($669 million) deal for a Saab-produced advanced early warning radar system.

 

The system, known as the Saab 2000 Airborne Early Warning & Control system, includes Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the advanced ERIEYE radar system, as well as ground equipment and logistics and support services.

 

Saab announced the deal last week, but didn’t divulge the name of the client.

 

According to Jane’s, Saudi Arabia is interested in the Swedish system’s ability to see low and slow-moving flying objects and because it works well over both land and water.

 

Rådberg was also reacting to statistics published on Monday from the Swedish Agency for Non-Proliferation and Export Controls (Inspektionen för strategiska produkter - ISP) which show that Saudi Arabia received arms shipments from Sweden as recently as August.

 

Swedish military products were also sent to Saudi Arabia in March, April and May of this year.

 

The exports in August and March were classified as combat materiel, which can include “missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, etc.”

 

The opposition Red-Green coalition has long called for a comprehensive review of Sweden’s arms export procedures. Rådberg added that deals like the one between Saab and Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be allowed if the Green Party had the chance to decide on the matter.

 

Swedish military exports to Saudi Arabia also caused a stir earlier this year following a report that another Saab subsidiary, Saab Bofors Dynamics, sold anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia.

 

While Saab refused to confirm that it was involved in the deal, which was approved in 2002, it has since been sent to the Riksdag committee on the constitution for review.

 

Revelations about Swedish arms sales to Saudi Arabia also angered Hans Linde, foreign policy spokesperson for the Left Party, who blamed Sweden’s complicated export rules.

 

“If we had gotten a red-green government we would have introduced legislation which, in my estimation, would have stopped weapons exports to countries like Saudi Arabia,” Linde told TT.

 

TT/The Local (news@thelocal.se)

 

 

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