Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has contracted Russia to launch satellites of the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. Officials said Russia would send into space two Saudi satellites in 2013. The officials said the Russian satellite services marked growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Riyad. “These satellites are categorized as remote-sensing satellites, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia’s religious police force plans to deploy advanced technology. The religious police, called the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, has signed an agreement to receive a range of technology from the state-owned King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology. The accord, […]
