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State Department Approves $3.2 Billion Sale Of Patriot System To Sweden

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

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State Department Approves $3.2 Billion Sale Of Patriot System To Sweden

Patriot Fire Unit Photo: Raytheon

The State Department approved a possible $3.2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Sweden of four Patriot Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units on Feb. 20.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered a required certification to Congress on Tuesday.Sweden requested four Patriot Confoguration-3+ Modernized Fire Units including four AN/MPQ-65 radar sets, four AN/MSQ-132 engagement control stations, nine antenna mast groups, 12 M903 launching stations, 100 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-TBM (GEM-T) missiles, 200 Patriot Advanced Capabilty-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles,…

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