Got all this hardware .... ..... $10 billion U.S. Arms Deal to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE In April 2013, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, in a visit to the Middle East, announced that the United States had reached a reported $10 billion arms sales agreement with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates that presumably would further enhance each country’s respective deterrent against Iran. As part of the deal, the United States would sell Israel the V-22 Osprey, the first time a foreign country would be permitted to purchase the advanced tilt-rotor aircraft. U.S. officials, in testimony before Congress and in public statements, have repeatedly cited the sale of the Osprey to Israel as an example of the U.S. commitment to maintaining Israel’s QME. Since the April 2013 agreement, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of possible Foreign Military Sales that are presumably part of that deal. • In January 2014, DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of six V-22 Ospreys and other associated equipment (radar, missile warning systems, radios, night vision goggles, navigation systems) worth a reported $1.13 billion. • In January 2014, DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the UAE for equipment in support of a Direct Commercial Sale of F-16 Block 61 Aircraft for an estimated cost of $270 million. Ultimately, the United States seeks to provide 30 F-16s to the UAE as part of the original April 2013 arms deal. https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=786361818064968&set=a.190167221017767.44131.186219261412563&type=1 fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:05:36 +0000
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