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France Requests $30 Million In Hundreds Of Additional Hellfire Missiles

Monday, May 2nd, 2016

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France Requests $30 Million In Hundreds Of Additional Hellfire Missiles

Hellfire Firing Photo: Lockheed Martin

The State Department approved a possible $30 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to France for hundreds of additional Hellfire missiles and associated equipment, training, and support.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on April 29.France previously requested a sale of $42 million in various Hellfire missiles and associated equipment and support. Of that request, it has received 112 AGM-114K1A Hellfire Missiles, 102 AGM-114N1A Hellfire Missiles, 50 ATM-114Q1A Hellfire Training Missiles, Hellfire Missile conversion kits,…

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