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Possible provision of AMRAAM missiles for Jordan

Washington, USA - The United States would think no problems exist for the regional geostrategical balance

Despite the Israeli pressures to convince the United States to renounce to provide AIM-120 AMRAAM (Slammer) air-to-air medium-range missiles for the Jordanian Air Force (see for details AVIONEWS), Washington would be instead about to deliver some 50 in the most recent version, the AIM-120C endowed with a 80 km range. According to US Government in fact, Jordan has always proven a good ally in order...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 108295
Rome, Italy, 11/23/2004 14:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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