09 February 2021
by Richard Scott
The US government has approved the sale of the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA missile to Chile to equip two Adelaide-class guided-missile frigates acquired from Australia.
In a 5 February press statement, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) case, valued at an estimated USD85 million, for 16 SM-2 Block IIIA Missiles plus associated equipment. Raytheon Missiles and Defense would be the principal contractor for the proposed FMS sale.
The SM-2 missiles are intended to equip the former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide-class frigates Almirante Latorre (ex-HMAS Melbourne
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The US government has approved the sale of the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA missile to Chile...