Pakistan may soon receive advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles from the United States, a move that coincides with improving ties between Washington and Islamabad. The development follows the U.S. Department of War’s (formerly Department of Defence) notification modifying a previous contract with defence manufacturer Raytheon to include Pakistan among its buyers for the state-of-the-art air-to-air missiles.

An NDTV report states that the contract modification, valued at over USD 41.6 million, is part of a larger deal worth more than USD 2.5 billion. It covers the production of AIM-120C8 and D3 variants for multiple foreign military sales recipients, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, Finland, Australia, Japan, and several others. However, as per an India Today report,

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