Biden administration approves massive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE The State Department on Tuesday approved two arms deals to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — deals that could be worth over $5 billion combined.
According to the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the weapons are meant to “defend the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s borders against persistent Houthi cross-border unmanned aerial system and ballistic missile attacks.” Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE have faced recent attacks from the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen.
The sales include $3 billion for Patriot missiles for Saudi Arabia, designed to protect the country from rocket attacks by the Houthis, and $2.2 billion for high-altitude missile defense for the UAE, the AP reports.
In its notice informing Congress of the sale, the State Department maintained that “the proposed sale will improve the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats by replenishing its dwindling stock of PATRIOT GEM-T missiles.”
Regarding the UAE, the State Department claimed the sale would “support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of an important regional partner.”............
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