The Biden administration approved a possible military sale to Qatar on Tuesday worth an estimated $1 billion.
The announcement of the approval by the State Department was posted during the World Cup 2022 match between the United States and Iran, held in Doha.
The notice of the potential sale is required by law. In it, the State Department said the government of Qatar requested to buy 10 anti-drone systems—referred to as “Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS) System of Systems.”
The Qatari government also asked for 200 “Coyote Block 2 interceptors,” which are used to defeat drones, as well as a slew of related equipment and technical and logistics support services….