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State Department Approves $2 Billion In Weapons Deals With Morocco, Poland

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

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State Department Approves $2 Billion In Weapons Deals With Morocco, Poland

General Dynamics M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. Photo: General Dynamics

The State Department has approved a possible $1.3 billion Abrams tank enhancement deal with Morocco and the sale of $655 million in rocket systems to Poland, officials announced Thursday.Morocco has requested upgrades for 162 Abrams tanks through the Excess Defense Article program, which include M1A1 Situational Awareness, M1A2M and M1A1 Marine Corps variants.The deal also includes 162 M2 mounted machine guns, 324 M240 machine guns, 1,035 M865 training SABOT rounds, 1,610 M831Al HEAT rounds, 162 SINCGARS radios and 162 M250…

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