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Defence the next target in Saudi power shakeup

Launched the same time as the oil price war, the recent raid against a number of Saudi princes and security chiefs marks the starting point of a larger shakeup of the defence sector that is about to unfold. [...] (487 words)

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Defence the next target in Saudi power shakeup

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SAMI ponders future after Schwer's departure

Native American S&K a favourite with Salman clan

Riyadh to reopen defence markets to US groups after oil crisis

King's nephew kept in army intelligence post

Khaled bin Salman in tense meetings in Muscat Free

Pentagon pushes for AEC to become Riyadh's cyber champion

Pretoria wakes up to SAMI poaching top defence executives

Mohammed bin Salman does without Denel in push to secure South African defence know-how

Khaled bin Salman's military procurement role takes shape

Raytheon entertains Mohammed bin Salman with a reshuffle of its Riyadh unit

GAMI, SAMI: the new defence procurement decision-makers

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