Missiles and defense system worth three billion dollars on the way to Kuwait.
The US Department of Defense announced that the Foreign Ministry of this country has agreed to sell three billion dollars of surface-to-air missiles and defense systems to Kuwait.
In continuation of the US arms sales to the countries on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf in the republican and democratic governments, the Pentagon announced the preparation for the sale of three billion dollars of missiles and defenses.
Media sources reported from the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) in Washington DC, that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country agreed to the contract for the sale of the national surface-to-air missile system and medium-range defense system to Kuwait.
According to Reuters news agency, in the statement of the US Ministry of Defense, it has been announced that the monetary value of this contract is approximately three billion dollars.
The Pentagon added: “This proposed sale will improve Kuwait’s ability to counter current and future threats by increasing its ability to defend itself against regional malign actors and interoperability with systems used by US forces and other Gulf states.” will forgive”.
According to the announcement of the US Ministry of Defense, the main contractor of the contract for the sale of surface-to-air missiles and defense systems to Kuwait will be Raytheon.
According to American laws, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agrees to the sale of weapons to foreign countries, the US Congress must be informed about this matter, and if the Congress does not object to the sale of weapons within 15 working days for NATO member countries and 30 working days for other countries, The government will start negotiations to review the details of the agreement.
The approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the preparation of the Ministry of Defense of the Joe Biden government to implement this arms deal with Kuwait was done in a situation where the US Democratic and Republican governments have been selling huge amounts of weapons to the southern Persian Gulf countries for many decades under various and often anti-Iranian pretexts. and this process continues.
