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State Department Approves Ground Vehicle Sales To Croatia And Lebanon

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

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State Department Approves Ground Vehicle Sales To Croatia And Lebanon

Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (Photo: BAE Systems)

The State Department approved two potential Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) to Croatia and Lebanon for over $812 million total in M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and M1152 Humvees, respectively. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sales on Tuesday. The Croatia sale covers refurbishment/modernization and support for 76 M2A2 Operation Desert Storm variant Brandley Fighting Vehicles at a cost of $757 million. This consists of 84 M240 machine guns; 1,103 TOW 2A Radio Frequency (RF) missiles; 16 TOW…

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