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The aerial weapons to be ordered by the UAE will equip their
F-16 Block 60 aircraft, and include 224 AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM air/air
missiles, 450 GBU-24 Paveway
III laser guidance kits and 200 GBU-31 Joint
Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits for Mk-84 bombs
(2,000 pounds), and 488 GBU-12 Paveway II guidance kits for
Mk-82 (500 pound) bombs. The order, $326 million will also include
224 MK-84 2,000 pound bombs.
Kuwait will be upgrading its
TOW missile systems, as their missiles are nearing the end
of their shelf life. Kuwait is buying 3,510 TOWs of the latest
Tow-2A/B Radio Frequency (RF) models, a wireless version of
the TOW. The $328 million order will include 2,106 TOW-2A RF
missiles and 1,404 TOW-2B Radio Frequency missiles. The Kuwaiti
Army operates 118 vehicle mounted TOW systems. The country's
National Guards has additional systems, mounted on armored cars.
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