WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Department of State has approved a possible $662 million sale for AN/TPQ-53(V) radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in a press release on Monday.
"Saudi Arabia intends to use these radars to support its border security requirements and modernize its armed forces with a more current capability to locate and counter the source of incoming ballistic artillery, rockets, and mortars," the release stated.
27 May 2017, 07:45 GMT
Eralier it was reported that US President Donald Trump, during his trip to Riyadh, had inked a deal to provide Saudi Arabia with $110 billion in weapons.
The rights group Amnesty International USA said the United States is fueling serious human rights violations happening in Yemen by selling weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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