The US government has approved the sale of the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA missile to Chile to equip two Adelaide-class guided-missile frigates acquired from Australia. In a 5 February statement, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) case, valued at an estimated USD85 million, for 16 SM-2 Block IIIA Missiles plus associated equipment. Raytheon Missiles and Defense would be the principal contractor for the proposed FMS sale.
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