The State Department has approved a possible $2 billion deal to sell up to 20,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS II) laser guidance kits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The approval comes as Iran increases attacks on nations hosting U.S. troops in the Middle East and tensions with the Houthi rebels of Yemen are heating up.
The deal includes 10,000 APKWS II air-to-air guidance sections and up to 10,000 air-to-ground guidance sections, which will likely be loaded onto the Royal Saudi Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon and F-15SA fighter jets.
