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State Department Approves Billions In UAE and Bahrain Patriot Missiles And Equipment

State Department Approves Billions In UAE and Bahrain Patriot Missiles And Equipment
Launch of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The State Department approved two possible multi-billion-dollar Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain for hundreds of Patriot missiles and related equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Friday. DSCA notified Congress of the sales on May 3. The UAE sale consists of $2.728 billion for 452 Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles. UAE also requested tools and test equipment, support equipment, technical documentation, personnel training, spare and repair parts,…

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