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US administration has approved the sale of 16 F16 V block-70 aircrafts to The Kingdom of Jordan with extensive quantities of spares and weapons
at a value of 4.21 billion dollars.
If not declined within a month by the Congress the sale procedures will commence.
There are two issues here;
First one is a non NATO country (albeit Jordan is classed as a “NATO ally”) is being allowed to have modern 4.5 generation fighter jets ahead of Turkey, while Turkey’s request is still unanswered.
Second issue is the cost of this deal. While Slovakia has ordered 14 of these fighters at a cost of 800 million dollars (mind you, original deal was for 1.8 billion. But with a firm-fixed-price-incentive, the price for the deal was set at 800million). The Jordanian order is like an inflated sale contract for parts and weapons more than a fighter jet sale.
Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $800 million contract to produce and support F-16 fighter jets for Slovakia
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