WASHINGTON, DC – September 5, 2026 (STL.News) The Trump administration has approved a major new package of potential weapons sales to Saudi Arabia as Riyadh confronts a rapidly deteriorating security environment involving Iran, Yemen’s Houthis and other Iranian-aligned armed groups across the Middle East. The centerpiece is a proposed $5 billion Foreign Military Sale involving more than 10,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range, or JDAM-ER, guidance kits, along with thousands of 500-pound and 2,000-pound bombs and supporting equipment. The State Department also approved a separate potential $750 million sale of 60 AGT-1500 engines used in Saudi Arabia’s M1
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