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US Approves $3.5 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia (www.bloomberg.com)

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The US approved the sale of weapons worth an estimated $3.5 billion to Saudi Arabia ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump to the Gulf kingdom this month, as Washington seeks to strengthen ties with a key partner and ratchet up pressure against Iran.

The State Department said it has notified Congress of the possible sale of 1,000 AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia and 50 guidance sections, as well as logistics and program support. Arizona-based RTX Corp. is the principal contractor.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Jared approves sale of U.S. to Saudi Arabia for $2B in 2022.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if he'll be touching Cristiano Ronaldo's orbs this time..

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Harris would have only sold three billion worth to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, good thing we got Trump. Solid observation there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, now do Ukraine

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's just a bunch of Boeing 767s and Boeing 757s. Maybe a few hacksaws thrown in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, somebody sat down and watched Breaking Bad with them so now they buy barrels of acid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

They don’t even that much in military equipment they changed the world with 19 dudes and a couple used airliners.