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US Approves $7.5 B In Foreign Weapons Sales In One Day

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The 5 countries involved in these transactions are Israel, France, Indonesia, Lithuania and Argentina. 

Israel: The biggest price tag at $3 billion, 990 million gallons of petroleum-based fuel for Israel, including JP-8 aviation fuel, diesel fuel, and unleaded gasoline.
France: The French request to purchase three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and related equipment comes with an estimated price tag of $2 billion.
Indonesia: Indonesia was cleared to spend an estimated $2 billion to buy eight MV-22 Block C Osprey aircraft
Lithuania: The Baltic nation of Lithuania plans to spend $380 million to procure six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
One important note for this deal was that the “State Department kicked in $30 million of ERIP funding” ERIP, European Recapitalization Incentive Program is a “new tool developed alongside U.S. European Command to speed up the process of getting allied nations off Russian gear”.
Argentina: The South American nation seeks 27 M1126 Stryker infantry carrier vehicles, with an estimated $100 million price tag
 

https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2020/07/06/us-approves-75-billion-in-foreign-weapon-sales-in-one-day/ 

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41 minutes ago, Vlad Kovalenko said:

Israel: The biggest price tag at $3 billion, 990 million gallons of petroleum-based fuel for Israel, including JP-8 aviation fuel, diesel fuel, and unleaded gasoline.

JP-8 is only a weapon when you fly planes into buildings. Interesting that this counts as "the biggest" weapon sale. Seems like a good deal for the refinery, that's about $3/gallon or more than double wholesale prices. 

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