State Department approves over $8B in arms sales to Gulf nations

The State Department on Friday approved over $8 billion in arms sales to Persian Gulf countries and Israel, nations that have all been involved in the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran.

Purchases approved included an Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) to the United Arab Emirates for $147.6 million, to Israel for $992.4 million and to Qatar for $992.4 million. The State Department also approved the replenishment of Qatar’s Patriot missile capacity for $4.01 billion and an Integrated Battle Command System to Kuwait for $2.5 billion.

The APKWS includes rocket launchers, high explosive warheads and proximity fuzes, among other items, to the UAE and Qatar; technical data, spare and repair parts, personnel training and training equipment and U.S. government and contractor engineering, among other items, to Israel and Qatar.

Defense equipment to be sold to Kuwait include communications equipment, generators, vehicles, training equipment including an air defense reconfigurable trainer and field office support, among other........

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