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Three Senators Introduce Resolutions to Block UAE Arms Sales

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

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Three Senators Introduce Resolutions to Block UAE Arms Sales

The Trump administration's proposed $23 billion arms sales to the United Arab Emirates include $2.89 billion for 18 MQ-9B Reaper drones (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have introduced four joint resolutions to block up to $23 billion in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Nov. 10, the State Department approved the proposed sales, which include $10.4 billion for 50 F-35A Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Strike Fighters and 54 Raytheon Technologies’ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines; $10 billion for a variety of munitions and fuses, including 802 Raytheon AIM-120C8 Advanced…

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