WASHINGTON – The US State Department has accepted the attainable sale of anti-tank Javelin missiles to the United Kingdom for an estimated $125 million, the Pentagon mentioned on Tuesday.
European demand for US weaponry is hovering, however as an alternative of big-ticket objects like jets and tanks, procuring lists are targeted on shoulder-fired missiles, artillery, and drones which have confirmed crucial to Ukraine’s battle efforts.
This sale to the shut US ally will be the first to certainly one of many as European nations trying to restock smaller weapons that have been despatched to Ukraine.
The potential sale bundle licensed by the State Department would come with 600 Javelins technical help, and logistics assist, the Pentagon mentioned.
The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the attainable sale on Tuesday.
Despite approval by the State Department, the notification doesn’t point out {that a} contract has been signed or that negotiations have concluded.
The prime contractors would be the Raytheon Technologies Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp who’ve a three way partnership to product the tank-busting weapon, the Pentagon mentioned. — Reuters
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