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Monday, June 18, 2007

US plans to sell more missiles to Turkey

The US Department of Defense has notified Congress of a planned sale to Turkey of $159 million worth of Block II Tactical Harpoon missiles as well as associated equipment and services.

The notification follows an earlier one in May when the Defense Department had notified Congress of a planned sale to Turkey of $71 million in AIM-9X All-Up-Round Sidewinder missiles as well as associated equipment and services.

The Turkish government has requested a possible sale of 51 All-Up-Round Selected Availabi-lity Anti-spoofing Module-compliant Block II Tactical Harpoon missiles in the following configurations: eight Tartar, 38 Lightweight canisters and five Encapsulated, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement posted last week on its Web site. The estimated cost is $159 million, the statement noted.

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