{"id":1749218,"date":"2022-11-23T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749218"},"modified":"2022-11-23T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:03:20","slug":"u-s-approves-arms-sale-to-switzerland-lithuania-and-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-approves-arms-sale-to-switzerland-lithuania-and-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Approves Arms Sale to Switzerland, Lithuania and Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-approves-arms-sale-to-switzerland-lithuania-and-belgium%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NPK62TT34RBRXNXYMIHV77RH4A.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\"><i>Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the manufacture of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missile. Lockheed Martin makes the weapon.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2022\/11\/04\/australia-to-buy-lockheed-aircraft-amid-mounting-tensions-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. State Department<\/a> cleared $700 million in a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2022\/11\/04\/australia-to-buy-lockheed-aircraft-amid-mounting-tensions-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreign military sale<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/27\/switzerland-names-contenders-in-8-billion-air-2030-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland<\/a>, along with other sales to Lithuania and Belgium, as the neutral European country works to modernize its Air Force by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Switzerland now has approval to purchase up to 72 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/11\/14\/army-awards-lockheed-500m-deal-to-replenish-rockets-stockpile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/27\/switzerland-names-contenders-in-8-billion-air-2030-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriot<\/a> Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles. The agreement also includes related launching technology as well as logistics and technical support, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2022\/11\/04\/australia-to-buy-lockheed-aircraft-amid-mounting-tensions-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defense Security Cooperation Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The missiles will improve Switzerland\u2019s Patriot air defense system, which is used to defend the country\u2019s territorial integrity, DSCA said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Switzerland has worked to revamp its air defense capabilities over the past few years. Since 2018, the government has set a goal of acquiring aircraft and ground-based missiles for more than $8 billion. The Patriot missiles were among the weapons on its short list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the State Department approved Lithuania and Belgium last week for $495 million and $380 million in possible foreign military sales, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Lithuania received the OK to acquire eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/11\/14\/army-awards-lockheed-500m-deal-to-replenish-rockets-stockpile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/soldiers-manning-himars-head-to-latvia-for-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers<\/a>, 36 Guided Multiple Rocket Launch System alternative warhead missile pods and other related logistical support. According to a DSCA statement on Nov. 9, the weapons will support the modernization of the Lithuania\u2019s military and deter regional threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">HIMARS and other systems like GMLRS have grown in notoriety since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February. In October, the Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/10\/19\/pentagon-replacing-himars-launcher-and-rocket-stocks-sent-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> it would soon deliver four more HIMARS to Ukraine, bringing the total number sent since the war began to 20. Other HIMAR units have also been dispatched along NATO\u2019s eastern front. The U.S. Army in September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/soldiers-manning-himars-head-to-latvia-for-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> two HIMARS were sent to Latvia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Belgium was given the green light to purchase 120 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, 10 AMRAAM C-8 guidance sections and other logistical support. The country will use the missiles to maintain its F-16 and F-35 fleets at combat-ready status, the DSCA said in a Nov. 8 statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"default__Wrapper-cy7r53-1 iWrUWb\">\n<p class=\"default__BioWrapper-cy7r53-0 duEMsg a-body2\">Zamone \u201cZ\u201d Perez is an editorial fellow at Defense News and Military Times. He previously worked at Foreign Policy and Ufahamu Africa, where he helped produce podcasts. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he researched humanitarian intervention and atrocity prevention in his thesis. He can be found on Twitter @zamoneperez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the manufacture of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missile. 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