Honestly, regarding Saudi Arabia, I think their strategy is to buy as much equipment as possible so that the West has no choice but to prop up the House of Saud.<p>Why do they have no choice? Well, if the House of Saud falls then the weapons would reach the hands of jihadist terrorists before you can say &quot;9&#x2F;11,&quot; and the Royal Saudi Army has a <i>very</i> large stockpile of all of the best hardware you can buy with petrodollars.