FMS notified Feb 7, 2025
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On 7 February 2025 the State Department notified Congress of a $6.75B Foreign Military Sale to Israel. The approved maximum quantities were 2,166 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, 2,800 MK-82 500-pound bomb bodies, 13,000 JDAM kits for 2,000-pound MK-84 bombs, 3,475 JDAM kits for BLU-109 bunker-busters, 1,004 JDAM kits for GBU-38s and 17,475 FMU-152 fuzes. Boeing and ATK Tactical Systems were the principal contractors, and deliveries were due to begin in 2025. Congress did not block the sale, and on 1 March 2025 the administration used emergency powers to speed about $4B of arms to Israel. Actual delivered quantities have not been published, so these numbers are ceilings, not deliveries. The same weapons kept appearing in strikes: Bellingcat documented JDAM-guided bombs destroying Gaza City towers in 2025, and Amnesty found JDAM parts in Tehran in March 2026.
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an estimated cost of $6.75 billion ... The Boeing Company, located in St. Louis, MO; ATK Tactical Systems Company LLC, located in Rocket Center, WV; L3Harris Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, located in Cincinnati, OH; and McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 ... thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits ... seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU-152A/B fuzes ... $6.75 billion
two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 (SDB-I); two thousand eight hundred (2,800) MK 82 General Purpose, 500-pound bomb bodies; thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the MK-84 bomb body; three thousand four hundred seventy-five (3,475) KMU-557E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the BLU-109 bomb body; one thousand four (1,004) KMU-572E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-38v1; and seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU-152A/B fuzes. ... The estimated total cost is $6.75 billion. ... Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2025.
two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 (SDB-I); two thousand eight hundred (2,800) MK 82 General Purpose, 500-pound bomb bodies; thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the MK-84 bomb body; three thousand four hundred seventy-five (3,475) KMU-557E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the BLU-109 bomb body; one thousand four (1,004) KMU-572E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-38v1; and seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU-152A/B fuzes. ... The estimated total cost is $6.75 billion. ... Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2025.
two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 (SDB-I); two thousand eight hundred (2,800) MK 82 General Purpose, 500-pound bomb bodies; thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the MK-84 bomb body; three thousand four hundred seventy-five (3,475) KMU-557E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for the BLU-109 bomb body; one thousand four (1,004) KMU-572E/B ... JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-38v1; and seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU-152A/B fuzes. ... The estimated total cost is $6.75 billion. ... Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2025.
thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556
According to the New York Times, it has identified 208 craters at least 40 feet across in an area of southern Gaza where Israel told civilians to move to safety. ... In 2024, the Biden administration blocked the transfer of 2,000-pound bombs amid public pressure urging Washington to stop Israel's invasion of Rafah, which occurred anyway.
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2025 - The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of Munitions, Guidance Kits, Fuzes, and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.75 billion.
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