Hearth and plumes of smoke rises after a drone struck a gasoline tank forcing the short-term suspension of flights. close to Dubai Worldwide Airport, in United Arab Emirates, on March 16, 2026.
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The US on Thursday (March 19, 2026) introduced the approval of $16.46 billion in army gross sales to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, two Gulf states which have been hit onerous by fallout from the Iran warfare.
Iran responded to the huge U.S.-Israeli air marketing campaign launched late final month with barrages of missiles and drones which have triggered deaths and injury in numerous Gulf nations, which have been compelled to expend vital army sources to counter assaults.
Iran-Israel warfare updates on March 19, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has “decided and supplied detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the fast sale” of the army gear, thereby waiving the requirement that Congress give its approval.
The most important single sale is of lower-tier air and missile protection sensor radars — that are designed to trace high-speed targets and provides information to a missile protection community — to Kuwait for $8 billion, in response to an announcement from the State Division.
The subsequent largest was to the United Arab Emirates for a long-range discrimination radar — which tracks ballistic missile threats — and associated gear at a value of $4.5 billion, the State Division mentioned.
The UAE additionally acquired approval to purchase methods designed to defeat small, unmanned plane for $2.1 billion, superior air-to-air missiles for $1.22 billion, and F-16 warplane munitions and upgrades for $644 million.
Revealed – March 20, 2026 02:16 am IST