US EditionUS Moves to Approve More than $16 Billion in Air Defense Sales to Middle East
The U.S. bypassed congressional review to approve $16.5 billion in radar, drone defense, and munitions sales to Gulf allies amid intensified Iranian missile attacks.
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US Fast-Tracks Billions In 'Emergency' Arms Sales To Gulf, Bypassing Congress
US Fast-Tracks Billions In 'Emergency' Arms Sales To Gulf, Bypassing Congress On the one hand President Trump and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth have declared that America is 'winning' against Iran, having destroyed its navy and air defenses, and having seriously degraded its missiles - but on the other the admin has put in for a more than $200 billion supplemental request to Congress to fund the war. It seems Congress will likely eventually sign o…
US fast-tracks $16.5B arms sales to UAE, Jordan, Kuwait amid Iran attacks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued emergency waivers to bypass the normal congressional review period for the sales, the administration said, as Iran signaled its ability to open a new front with strikes on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is bypassing Congress to speed up arms sales worth up to $16.5 billion to allies in the Middle East who have been the main target of Iran's response to the US and Israeli military campaign against the regime in Tehran. This is reported by Bloomberg. The State Department has approved the sale of RTX Corp.'s state-of-the-art radar system — known as Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor — worth $8 billion to Ku…
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