U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan

Abstract

This report briefly reviews the issue of U.S. arms sales to Pakistan. It provides background details regarding recent major weapons transactions between the United States and Pakistan, as well as the rationale given for such sales. It also reviews the current statutory framework that governs U.S. weapons sales to Pakistan, including existing authorities that could be used to curtail or terminate existing or prospective sales to that country. This report will only be updated should events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474661

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Grimmett

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Export Controls
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Military Assistance
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pakistan
  • Security
  • South Asia
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Strategic Security Studies