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The US State Department approved the potential sale of USD 1.05 bn-worth of arms sales <\/strong>to Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, according to three separate notifications to Congress (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a> \u2014 pdfs). The proposed shipments include the sale of Hellfire and Sidewinder missiles, as well as tank, artillery, and machine gun ammunition to the Kingdom. Bloomberg<\/a> also had the story. <\/p>\n

(** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n

The rationale:<\/strong> \u201cThis proposed sale will support US foreign policy and national security objectives by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that continues to be an important force for political stability and economic growth in the Middle East,\u201d the notifications say. The weapons being sold would also help Saudi be better equipped to \u201cmeet current and future threats,\u201d the State Department said. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s next: <\/strong>Unless Congress steps in to block the sales, the contractors \u2014 RTX and Lockheed Martin \u2014 and the Kingdom will kick off negotiations. Final delivery counts may fall short of the maximum approved weapon sales, Bloomberg noted. <\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong> The Biden administration lifted a three-year ban<\/a> on the sale of offensive weapons to the Kingdom in August<\/a>, saying that Riyadh upheld its end of an agreement with Washington on drawing back its conflict with the Houthis in Yemen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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