The Biden administration accepted the sale of greater than $20 billion in new army help for Israel on Tuesday amid its ongoing conflict on the devastated Gaza Strip.
The gross sales, which include a number of packages, embrace jet fighters, air-to-air missiles, tank ammunition, tactical automobiles and mortar cartridges. All of the packages have been signed off on by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Specifically, they embrace as much as 50 F-15IA, and as many as 25 F-15I fighter jets, in addition to related tools, 30 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and 32,739 120mm tank cartridges, M1147 High Explosive Multi-Purpose with Tracer (HEMP-T) cartridges and or 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Multi-Purpose Anti-Tank (MPAT) with Tracer cartridges.
About 50,000 M933A1 120mm High Explosive (HE) mortar cartridges with M783 fuses are additionally included, as are modified M1148A1P2 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and associated tools.
The jets comprise the majority of the associated fee, constituting $18.82 billion of the $20.34 billion bundle.
The announcement units off a congressional notification interval, although it’s unlikely lawmakers will block the packages.
Source: www.anews.com.tr