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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) May 28, 2020
The United States said Thursday it has approved the sale of 84 of the most recent generation of Patriot missiles to Kuwait, plus equipment to modernize the country's antimissile program, for a total of $1.425 billion. The State Department said in a statement that sale benefits both parties. "The proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally that is an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," the statement said. "The proposed sale of these articles and services will improve Kuwait's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical oil and natural gas infrastructure," it added, alluding to the September 2019 assaults on Saudi oilfields that US officials attributed to Iran. The contract for the missiles and their attendant parts, made by US defense group Lockheed Martin, is valued at $800 million. Another contract for training and technical assistance, provided by Lockheed Martin and defense contractor Raytheon, is valued at $425 million. And a third, to be handled by those same companies, is valued at $200 million for repair of old material. sl/caw/ch
Advanced Air and Missile Defense, in the hands of soldiers Falls Church VA (SPX) May 28, 2020 It's a cold December morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and two surrogate cruise missile targets have just been launched, one after the other. They are flying separate courses among the jagged San Andres and Sacramento mountains toward soldiers in a U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense unit at a test site called TAC-2 - Tactical Command Post 2. These sophisticated targets precisely mimic real cruise missile threats and can take advantage of this terrain to hide from the radars and se ... read more
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