The United States government is working to sell hundreds of advanced, medium-range, air-to-air missiles to South Korea, according to a Pentagon agency.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced Friday it has notified Congress of the possible sale to South Korea of 260 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), as well as related parts, training and logistical support.
The estimated cost is $452 million, it added.
"The proposed sale will provide the ROK (South Korea) with a contingency stock of AMRAAM AIM-120C-7 missiles to be used on its KF-16 and F-15K aircraft," the agency said, using the acronym for the Republic of Korea, South Korea's official name.
South Korea requested the sale of the weapons, with detailed terms of a possible contract to be discussed later on.
The DSCA said the proposed sale will "contribute to the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by meeting the legitimate security and defense needs of an ally and partner nation."
It will provide South Korea with a credible defense capability to deter aggression in the region, it said.
Such notice of a potential foreign military sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded, the agency said. (Yonhap)