TEHRAN, September 29 - The US State Department has endorsed the proposed sale of more than 800 tactical missiles to Bahrain amid the Al Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents in the tiny Persian Gulf country.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The approval includes Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary Rocket Pods and Army Tactical Missiles System (ATACMS) Unitary missiles for an estimated cost of $300 million, the Arabic-language al-Khaleej al-Jadeed news website reported.
The report added that the Manama regime has requested to buy 120 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) M31 Unitary Rocket Pods (six rockets per pod for a total of 720), and 110 Army Tactical Missiles System (ATACMS) M57 T2K Unitary missiles.
Personnel training, software development, contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services in addition to other related elements of logistical and program support are also among the data-x-items included in the deal.
The M31 GMLRS is a low-cost guided rocket for use on the M270 multiple launch rocket artillery systems.
It can hit targets accurately with less chance of collateral damage as it utilizes global positioning system (GPS) technology for accuracy.
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