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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Pentagon Readies Sale of 600 Bunker Buster Guided Bombs to UAE
The Pentagon is preparing for formal congressional review of an arms sale to the United Arab Emirates that includes about 600 satellite-guided bunker-buster bombs, according to three people familiar with the issue.
The 600 bombs, which weigh as much as 2,000-pounds each, are part of munitions package for the U.S. ally whose pilots fly the world’s most technologically advanced Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16s, said people who spoke on the condition they not be identified because the sale is sensitive.
The exact bunker- buster variant has not been set, they said.
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