William Hartung

Trump Administration Approves Unprecedented Raytheon Technology Transfer to Let Saudis Build Bombs Domestically

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On June 7, 2019, reports revealed that the Trump administration’s $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia included an unprecedented provision allowing Raytheon to transfer sensitive precision-guided munitions technology to Saudi Arabia for domestic bomb production. The deal authorized …

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