A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress of the 2d Bomb Wing static display with weapons, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, in 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Horstman
Defense News: US On Track for Record Foreign Weapon Sales
WASHINGTON – In just three short months, the US State Department has blown past its dollar total of foreign weapon sales cases for all of last year -- but a close look at the numbers shows that industry should temper its expectations for the rest of 2017.
Through Dec. 23, the State Department has ok’d 21 foreign sales cases, worth an estimated total of $45.2 billion dollars. For all of fiscal year 2016, DSCA cleared $33.6 billion. In other words, it took the State Department less than three months to clear roughly $12 billion more of foreign military sales cases than it did all of last year.
If those trends hold up, 2017 would be on pace to beat the $68.6 billion record in total foreign weapons sales, set in 2012.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 27, 2016
US closed $40bn worth of global arms agreements in 2015, far outstripping competitors – study -- RT
U.S. was No. 1 worldwide in weapons sales in 2015 at $40B -- UPI
Russia Remains Key Player on International Arms Market in 2016 -- Sputnik
Officials: US, Russian military talks quietly proving useful -- AP
Defense ministry reveals Russian army's plans for upcoming year -- TASS
Russia Will Focus On Affordable Asymmetric Measures' if NATO Wants Arms Race -- Sputnik
Borei-Class Submarines: Principal Component of Russia's Nuclear Triad -- Sputnik
South China Sea: Chinese carrier enters northern waters amid renewed tension with US, Taiwan -- ABC News Online
More Chinese Missiles Bound for Disputed Islands -- FOX News
China tests F-31 stealth fighter, cheaper competitor to US F-35 -- Business Standard
China’s second FC-31 takes flight -- Flight Global
India Tests Agni-V Ballistic Missile -- Defense News
'Tremendous strength’: India conducts successful ICBM test -- RT
Egypt's Sisi says military accounts for 1.5-2 percent of economy -- Reuters
Niloofar Rahmani, first female Afghan air force pilot, applies for U.S. asylum -- UPI
Frustrated Swiss army chiefs ban sexy selfies because female army recruits continue to flaunt the rules -- Mirror
Russian ambassador to NATO says creation of EU army impossible dream -- TASS
Moscow Ready to Restore Military Ties With NATO -- Sputnik
U.S. committed to NATO, Baltic security: McCain -- Reuters
Colombia to start talks with NATO, angering Venezuela -- UPI
Trump poised for cost-cutting battle with defense contractors -- FOX News
Killer robots await Trump’s verdict -- Politico
New in 2017: 16,000 more soldiers for the Army -- Army Times
US Military Test-Fires SM-6 Weapons in Missile Defense Test -- Space.com
The U.S. Army's Big 'Guns' Are Getting a New 'Bullet' -- National Interest
The long guns: History of US military rifles -- FOX News
New in 2017: The military will redefine who's too fat to serve -- Military Times
Ecstasy One Step Closer to Approval as PTSD Treatment -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
Jim Mattis Fast Facts -- CNN Library
US Military Prepares for Inauguration of New President -- VOA
The Cyber Arms Race -- leo taddeo, Cipher Brief
The F-35: We Need the Numbers and We Need Them Now -- Gen. Larry O. Spencer (ret.), Defense News
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