With $20 Billion Weapons Deal, U.S. Aims to Help Israel and Deter Iran: Latest News

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With $20 Billion Weapons Deal, U.S. Aims to Help ******* and Deter Iran: Latest News

For months, the Biden administration waited to formally approve $20 billion in future ********* weapons sales to *******, including F-15s and medium-range missiles. The official notification to Congress was finally announced last week — right before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken traveled to ******* in a bid to nail down a cease-***** agreement with ******.

Almost none of the arms — which also include tank ammunition, tactical vehicles and mortars — are expected to be delivered to ******* for several years at least. But the delay in approving them underscores the delicate balance the administration faces between supporting ******* in its war in Gaza and responding to the anger in the ******* States over massive civilian casualties in that war.

The White House has tried to contain domestic opposition to arms for ******* in Congress, while attempting to keep the war against ****** from escalating into a wider regional conflict.

“We recognize *******’s right to defend itself from terrorism and other security threats, consistent with international humanitarian law,” a State Department statement said. “We will continue to do what is necessary to ensure ******* can defend itself in the face of these threats.”

An ******** F-15 in southern ******* last year.Credit…Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

U.S. officials said the White House considered a number of factors — including daily developments in Gaza, last month’s visit to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ******* and concerns about retaliation by Iran and its proxies, especially after the assassinations of senior ****** and Hezbollah leaders — in deciding when to formally approve the sales. The timing of the announcement also intended in part to avoid an ugly ****** in Congress at a time when the Biden administration is trying to broker a cease-*****. Congress is not in session this month,

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for lawmakers to try to block the sales runs out next week.

Bradley Bowman, a former U.S. Army officer and senior military expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington research group, said the White House is calculating that the announcement of the arms sales could have an immediate deterrent effect.

“We are sending extraordinary combat power to the region to deter a wider regional war, and we are saying we will be delivering vital capabilities to ******* for years to come,” Mr. Bowman said. “That’s an important message from the world’s leading military power as ******* confronts extraordinary threats.”

The war in Gaza — and how it has divided the ********* public — has put a spotlight on the normally lengthy, technical process by which U.S. weapons producers sell arms to foreign governments.

Here is a look at the arms sales that the Biden administration notified Congress on Aug. 13 that it has approved.

F-15 fighter jets

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, and upgrade kits for the 25 F-15 I aircraft that ******* already has, are at the core of the $18.8 billion purchase that Congress was first informally notified about in January. The deal was initially delayed by the top Democrats on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees amid concerns about *******’s tactics in Gaza, but they agreed in June to let it move forward.

The package with Boeing Corp. also covers an array of equipment for the jets — including 120 engines, 75 radars, 320 missile launchers and 180 GPS devices, among other technology. None of it is expected to be delivered until 2029.

The F-15s will help ******* “meet current and future ****** threats, strengthen its homeland defense and serve as a deterrent to regional threats,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in its announcement of the approval.

Tank ammunition

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32,739 tank cartridges of 120-millimeter rounds from military contractors General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman for an estimated $774.1 million. The ***** would also include various tank munitions, canisters and support services, with deliveries beginning in 2027.

The informal notification of the proposed ***** was sent to Congress in May, according to reports in

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and

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. It was part of initial discussions between Congress and the State Department to also sell tactical vehicles and mortar rounds to *******, in an arms package totaling $1 billion. The final notification for the vehicles and mortars was also sent to Congress on Aug. 13.

Tactical vehicles

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is valued at $583 million. The trucks, which would be delivered starting in 2026, are used for freight transport, unit resupply and other tactical missions to support combat units.

The notification does not specify how many of the trucks ******* plans to buy from the manufacturer, the Oshkosh Corp., but says the total ***** would include an earlier, $62.4 million order for the trucks, spare parts, software delivery and other support.

Mortar rounds

******* plans to buy

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for mortars, a kind of portable cannon. The *****, totaling $61 million, includes 400 rounds from an earlier proposed ***** from General Dynamic Ordnance. They will be delivered starting in 2026.

Medium-range missiles

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series. The missiles are considered “a key aerial combat capability used to defend against airborne threats, such as the missile and drone salvo launched at ******* on April 14,” according to a statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

The notification did not say when the missiles would be delivered to *******, and a U.S. official said it is possible that some could be sent in the next year, based on production capacity. They are being sold to ******* by RTX Corp. for $102.5 million.

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, known as an “AMRAAM” are used by militaries around the world. In Ukraine, AMRAAMs are expected to arm the fleet of F-16 fighter jets that ********* governments are sending to help Kyiv defend its country from Russia.

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