Usa hands over used weapons
WASHINGTON:The united state hand over 14 combat aircraft, 59military trainer jets and 374 armoured personnel carriers to Pakistan from the weapons it is leaving behind in the region .
The internal reporter reported that the weapons supplied to Pakistan were earlier used by Amercian forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The United State withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan and offered some weapons it is leaving behind to its allies in the region,Including Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Technically these weapons are classified as “Excessive Defence Articles”, i.e. equipment used by US forces, which cab be supplied to the allied nation at withdrawlal instead of shipping them back to the United State.
The weapons include F-16 armaments including 500 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles; 1,450 2,000-pound bombs;1,600 Enhanced Paveway laser-guided kits and 500 JDAM Tail Kits for gravity bombs . All this has cost Pakistan $629 million.
Pakistan has also paid 298$ million for 100 harpoon anti-ship missiles, 500 sidewinder air-to-air missiles ($95 million); and seven Phalanx Close-In Weapons System naval guns ($80 million).
Pakistan is also receiving military equipments with a mix of its national funds and America,s foreign military funding.These include 60 Mid-Life Update kits for F-16A/B combat aircraft (valued at $891 million, with $477 million of this in FMF).
Pakistan has purchased 45 such kitts with all upgrade complete to date .
This include 115 M-109 self-propelled howitzers.
