US Military to sell Patriot Missile Defence System worth $2.5 billion to the Muslim Country
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WASHINGTON - The US Army link has awarded a contract worth more than a half billion link Dollars link to begin production of Patriot air and missile defense system for the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain link, Raytheon said in a press release on Monday.
"Raytheon's Patriot provides the Kingdom of Bahrain link and 16 other countries around the globe with a combat-proven system that protects citizens, infrastructure and armed forces from link a broad spectrum of threats," Raytheon Vice President for Air and Missile Defense Tom Laliberty said in the release.
The $551 million link contract launches production of Bahrain link system as part of an August link 2019 link agreement link with the US valued at up to $2.5 billion link.
Bahrain will join 16 other nations with the Patriot: the US, Netherlands link, Germany link, Japan link, Israel link, Saudi Arabia link, Kuwait link, Taiwan, Greece link, Spain link, South Korea link, United Arab link Emirates, Qatar link, Romania link, Sweden link and Poland link, Raytheon said.