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===Saudi war in Yemen=== {{Main|Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen}} Saudi Arabia is BAE's third-biggest market.<ref>"[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/bae-s-annual-profit-shrinks-12-as-defense-spending-stagnates BAE Says Islamic State War Is Call to Arms for Weapons-Maker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221195654/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/bae-s-annual-profit-shrinks-12-as-defense-spending-stagnates |date=21 December 2016}}". Bloomberg. 19 February 2015.</ref> ''The Independent'' reported that BAE-supplied aircraft were used to bomb Red Cross and MSF hospitals in Yemen."<ref>"[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/saudi-arabia-un-human-rights-council-theresa-may-expel-she-should-enough-a7199066.html Theresa May should expel Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council, but that's not enough to absolve the UK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513121145/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/saudi-arabia-un-human-rights-council-theresa-may-expel-she-should-enough-a7199066.html |date=13 May 2017}}". ''The Independent''. 19 August 2016.</ref> Sir Roger Carr rejected criticism over BAE's continued work in Saudi Arabia, saying "We will stop doing it when they tell us to stop doing it... We maintain peace by having the ability to make war and that has stood the test of time."<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/04/peace-activists-bae-systems-agm-saudi-arms-sales BAE chairman to peace activists: 'weapons sales encourage peace'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828192738/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/04/peace-activists-bae-systems-agm-saudi-arms-sales |date=28 August 2016}}". ''The Guardian''. 4 May 2016.</ref> BAE Systems sold weaponry worth £17.6 billion to Saudi Arabia during the Yemen war.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-16-bae-systems-sold-weaponry-worth-17-6bn-to-saudis-during-yemen-war/|title=DECLASSIFIED UK: BAE Systems sold weaponry worth £17.6bn to Saudis during Yemen war|first=Phil|last=Miller|date=16 April 2021|website=Daily Maverick}}</ref>
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