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Cato Institute (blog)
March 30, 2018
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan always are a sensitive issue with the Chinese government. Beijing contends that the communique President Reagan signed in 1982 committed the United States to phase-out all such sales. U.S. leaders respond that the promise was conditional on Beijing's willingness to rule outÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 30, 2018
Rex Tillerson, Trump's outgoing secretary of state, led the effort to convince Trump to approve the new arms for Ukraine, officials said. The plan, which Russia opposed, included the sale of U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles that Kiev has for years requested from Washington. President Barack Obama hadÃâà...
ArabianBusiness.com
March 30, 2018
The United States has approved a possible foreign military sale to the UAE consisting of hundreds of Sidewinder missiles in a deal worth more than $240 million. The State Department has approved the sale which includes 300 missiles, 30 guidance units, spares, support equipment and US GovernmentÃâà...
TPM
March 30, 2018
President Donald Trump told aides not to publicize his decision to allow the sale of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, NBC News reported Thursday, so as to avoid agitating Russian President Vladimir Putin. NBC News reported the development based on the accounts of multiple unnamed senior U.S. officials.
CNBC
March 30, 2018
New Jersey's pension sold remaining stake of weapons maker Vista Outdoor as scrutiny on gunmakers intensifies ... But California's Public Employees Retirement System, the largest U.S. public pension, voted against a similar proposal to sell stakes of rifle sellers, saying it could use its influence as a majorÃâà...
World Politics Review
March 30, 2018
Russian diplomats have used debt forgiveness, development assistance and promises of arms sales to encourage African leaders to grant Russian ... Even though Russia's influence in sub-Saharan Africa still pales in comparison to China's—and, for that matter, the United States'—Moscow has paid moreÃâà...
UNIAN
March 30, 2018
According to NBC News, Rex Tillerson, Trump's outgoing secretary of state, led the effort to convince Trump to approve the new arms for Ukraine, officials said. The plan, which Russia opposed, included the sale of U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles that Kiev has for years requested from Washington.
Newsweek
March 27, 2018
Already leading the world in weapons sales, the U.S. reportedly increased its exports by 25 percent between the 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 periods, ... "It is due to the U.S., the top class war merchant that spawns war and massacre in different parts of the world through large-scale arms sale, going againstÃâà...
Defense One
March 27, 2018
Not only has Saudi Arabia used weapons supplied by the United States and the United Kingdom to carry out an indiscriminate bombing campaign, but it has ... A secondary reason not to use the “jobs card” as a reason to sell U.S. weapons abroad is that the claims of jobs linked to foreign arms sales areÃâà...
NPR
March 23, 2018
INSKEEP: Some people will know that the United States has agreed on further weapons deals with Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. is a major arms supplier. Should those, in any way, be conditioned on the way that Saudi Arabia uses those weapons? TUELLER: Part of any security relationship is actuallyÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 23, 2018
The State Department said it had notified Congress of the proposed sale, part of a $1 billion defense deal that also includes parts and maintenance support for Saudi tanks and helicopters. The main contractor for the missiles is Tucson, Arizona-based Raytheon. “This proposed sale will support U.S. foreignÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 23, 2018
But campaigners, including some US legislators, are urging western governments to halt or limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of its involvement in a devastating civil war in Yemen. The US Senate killed on Tuesday a resolution seeking an end to US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen .
NBC 7 San Diego
March 22, 2018
President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval ... The State Department said the package includes up to about 6,700 U.S.-made anti-tank missiles, along with servicing, maintanence and parts forÃâà...
HuffPost
March 22, 2018
The Trump administration will approve a plan to sell around $1 billion in weapons — including some 6,700 missiles — to the Saudi government, the ... a $1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, the State Department announced during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the United States this week.
New York Times
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — The State Department said on Thursday that it had approved the sale of an estimated $670 million in anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia, .... to stop abuse, the White House is signaling support for large-scale abuse — by unconditionally backing Riyadh with millions more in weapons sales.
Business Insider
March 6, 2018
Russia is struggling to fund its new Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet, and have only ordered 12 of the jets while the US ramps up its sales and production of the F-35 — a ... Russia's Su-57 is still in a theoretical stage with few airframes built and new engines and weapons integration sorely lacking, but the F-35 is ready to sell.
Truth-Out
March 6, 2018
It's clear that the militarized culture of the United States' empire is one of the factors that paves the way for a violent culture at home. ... There is an additional important crossover between US gun violence and the military: The arms manufacturers for the Armed Forces and the civilian market are, in large part,Ãâà...
Peninsula Daily News
March 6, 2018
PORT ANGELES — Law enforcement agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula have various ways of disposing of forfeited guns, from trading them in for newer weapons in Port Angeles to destroying them in Port Townsend and Forks. Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith and other law enforcementÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 6, 2018
Skirting Saudi Arms Sales, France Says Iran Has 'Lots' of Weapons in Yemen ... When asked specifically why France continued to sell weapons to Saudi and the Emirates in the current context, Jean-Yves Le Drian skirted the issue and said the priority was to find a political solution to the Yemen crisis.
New York Times
March 3, 2018
Egypt has purchased North Korean weapons and allowed North Korean diplomats to use their Cairo embassy as a base for military sales across the ... the United States and the United Nations sanctioned the ambassador, Pak Chun-il, describing him as an agent of North Korea's largest arms company, theÃâà...
i-HLS
December 31, 1999
The US State Department has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia of TOW 2B (BGM-71F-Series) missiles for an estimated cost of $670 million. The Saudi government has requested to buy up to 6,600 TOW 2B missiles and 96 TOW 2B fly-to-buy lot validation missiles.
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
December 31, 1999
The US State Department decided to approve the sale of hundreds of Javelin anti-tank missiles and missile launch units to the Ukrainian government on Thursday, according to an announcement from the Pentagon's arms exporting agency, Sputnik reported. The deal is worth an estimated $47 million, theÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Overnight Defense: Putin boasts of new nuclear weapons | US approves sale of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine | Dem warns of China's influence in Africa ... "This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of Ukraine," the DefenseÃâà...
