INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
One is for $6.75 billion in an array of munitions, guidance kits and other related equipment
It includes 166 small diameter bombs, 2,800 500-pound bombs, and thousands of guidance kits, fuzes and other bomb components and support
Those deliveries would begin this year
The other arms package is for 3,000 Hellfire missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million
Deliveries of the missiles are expected to begin in 2028.The Trump administration announced on Friday that it had approved military sales to
Israel worth some $7.4 billionThe announcement comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump in the White
Costs of War project revealed in October last year that Washington had committed a record $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel since the
Republican or Democratic parties, have made significant efforts to support Israel's military capabilities.Trump has attempted to project
an image of opposition to the Gaza war
However, the $7.4 billion in arms sales clearly demonstrates that the notion of a significant difference between his stance and that of