US approves $23 billion in arms sales to Arab allies

US approves $23 billion in arms sales to Arab allies In notices sent to Congress on Thursday, the State Department said the US would sell more than $8 billion in air defense systems and related materiel, including drones, air-to-air missiles and F-16 fighter jet munitions to the UAE, $8 billion in missile defense and radar systems to Kuwait and $70. 5 million of aircraft and munitions support to Jordan. Another $6 billion in sales to the three countries was approved but did not require congressional notification because they involved adjustments to previously approved packages or purely commercial sales, a State Department official said, who spoke on condition of anonymity.