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Friday, July 07, 2006

Details of the potential sale to Pakistan

Last week U.S. Congress was notified of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan F-16 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. Here is a detailed list of this potential sale along with some of the controversies it might create.

Congress technically has 30 days to veto the $5.1bn arms deal with Islamabad but it has never exercised that power on a major arms sale yet.

The Government of Pakistan has requested a possible sale of:
Item 1: 36 New F-16 Block 50/52s - $3 billion
The package for Pakistan's new F-16s also includes: .......

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