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Saudi Arabia,United States : SAUDI ARABIA plans to procure nearly 1.1 million rounds of ammunition from the United States
Publish Date : 01-Aug-2015
Saudi Arabia is in plans to procure nearly 1.1 million rounds of ammunition from the United States through a Foreign Military Sales deal. The possible sale, sanctioned by the State Department, is worth around $500 million.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages the FMS program, earlier during this week informed Congress that Saudi Arabia seeks procurement of 600 advanced PAC-3 Patriot air-defense interceptors and associated gear for $5.4 billion.
DSCA informed the Congress that, "This proposed sale (of ammunition) will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the security of a strategic partner which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East."
"The proposed sale will resupply the Royal Saudi Land Forces with the munitions it needs to continue to protect Saudi Arabia's southern border from ongoing attacks by hostile Houthi militia and Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula forces.â€
According to the DSCA, the new proposed deal for Saudi Arabia features one million 430/M430A1 40mm high-explosive dual purpose cartridges, 60,000 M456A1 105mm high-explosive anti-tank tracers, and 60,000 M107 155mm high explosive projectiles. The proposed sales package also include M62 7.62mm 4 Ball/1 tracer linked cartridges, .50 Cal cartridges, M792 25mm rounds, M789 30mm cartridges, and a variety of other rounds, propellants, mines and hand grenades.
Major part of the requested ammunition is to be sourced from U.S. Army stocks and also through new procurement.
