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State Dept. approves possible sale of Hellfire missiles to Britain
by Richard Tomkins
Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017


Britain's possible procurement of Hellfire missiles through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has been approved by the State Department.

The decision was delivered to Congress on Thursday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages the FMS program.

"This proposed sale directly contributes to the foreign policy and national security policies of the United States by enhancing the close air support capability of the UK in support of NATO and other coalition operations," the agency said in a press release.

"Commonality between close air support capabilities greatly increases interoperability between our two countries' military and peacekeeping forces and allows for greater burden sharing."

The proposed sale, worth an estimated $150 million, would be for 1,000 AGM-114-R1/R2 Hellfire II Semi-Active Laser missiles, with logistics support services and other related program support.

DSCA said the missiles would come from U.S. stock so there would be no principal contractor the sale.

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Russia's Baltic Fleet trains with S-400 air defense systems
Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017
Russian military personnel from the country's Baltic Fleet recently completed a training exercise involving an S-400 air defense missile system. During the event, Russian troops practiced coordinated defenses against a simulated sabotage attempt. The crews also conducted engineer reconnaissance and deployed the S-400 defense missile complexes, according to a Facebook post by Russia's de ... read more

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