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Air Force

Pentagon May Buy Weapons In Advance For Partner Nations

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Monday, April 18th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is considering buying U.S. weapon systems in advance that it anticipates partner nations will request in the future, a senior official said. Richard Genaille, deputy director of the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), said last week his office is considering several ways to make its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) efforts "more responsive and more anticipatory." "It's very hard to be responsive when your system is pretty much geared to wait for a letter of…

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