
The State Department has approved a potential $650 million deal with South Korea for the sale of 38 SM-6 Block I missiles. The new Foreign Military Sale approval arrives after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participated in the 55th U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul along with ROK Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik and other senior defense officials from both countries. “For seven decades, this alliance has been an anchor of peace and security on the Korean…