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State Department Approves $943 Million in Arms Sales With Hungary, Denmark, Lithuania And South Korea

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

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State Department Approves $943 Million in Arms Sales With Hungary, Denmark, Lithuania And South Korea

AMRAAM

The State Department has approved nearly $1 billion in arms sales with Hungary, Denmark, Lithuania and South Korea, ranging from missiles to Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Tuesday of the four separate deals totaling $943 million. Hungary is set to receive 180 of Raytheon’s [RTN] AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for $500 million. The deal also includes four spare control sections, six training missiles, missile containers and classified software for the…

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