WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US State Department approved more than $3.8 billion in military sales to the government of Bahrain, which includes F-16 aircraft upgrades, TOW missiles and patrol boats, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a press release. Other potential sales approved Friday include two 35 meter (114 feet) patrol boats with machine guns, 221 anti-tank missiles made by Raytheon Co and $1.8 billion worth of upgrades to Bahrain’s existing fleet of F-16 jets, the Pentagon said in separate statements.
The U.S. State Department has approved a package of potential arms sales worth more than USD$ 3.8 billion to the Kingdom of Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles and patrol boats.