U.S. Notice Expands Missile Items in Kuwait Patriot Sale
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This notice adds more missile-related equipment to a previously notified U.S. arms sale to Kuwait. The original 2020 sale covered Patriot PAC-3 missile systems, launcher upgrades, trainers, spare parts, training, and support, with an estimated value of $800 million. The update adds 500 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancements and 500 PAC-2 Guidance Enhanced Tactical Missiles with canisters. It mainly affects the Kuwaiti government, U.S. defense agencies, defense contractors, and congressional oversight of major arms exports.
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Key Changes
- Adds 500 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancements to the previously notified Kuwait Patriot sale
- Adds 500 PAC-2 Guidance Enhanced Tactical Missiles with canisters
- Updates Congress on a technology or capability enhancement tied to an earlier arms sale notification
Obligations
What this law requires
DSCA/DoD must publish the unclassified text of the Section 36(b) arms sales notification for the Kuwait Patriot missile sale enhancement.
DSCA must notify Congress of enhancements or upgrades in sensitivity of technology or capability for the Kuwait Patriot missile sale under Section 36(b)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act.