International
oi-Prakash KL
The
American
Embassy
in
India
has
denied
the
reports
which
claimed
that
Pakistan
will
get
new
AIM-120
Advanced
Medium-Range
Air-to-Air
Missiles
(AMRAAMs)
from
the
US.
In
clear
words,
no
new
missiles
or
upgrades
are
being
supplied
to
Pakistan.
“On
September
30,
2025,
the
Department
of
War
released
a
list
of
standard
contract
announcements,
which
referred
to
an
amendment
to
an
existing
Foreign
Military
Sales
contract
for
sustainment
and
spares
for
several
countries,
including
Pakistan.
The
Administration
would
like
to
emphasise
that,
contrary
to
false
media
reports,
no
part
of
this
referenced
contract
modification
is
for
deliveries
of
new
Advanced
Medium-Range
Air-to-Air
Missiles
(AMRAAMs)
to
Pakistan.
The
sustainment
does
not
include
an
upgrade
to
any
of
Pakistan’s
current
capabilities,” the
US
Embassy
in
India
said
in
a
statement.
The
American
Embassy
in
India
refuted
claims
that
Pakistan
would
receive
new
AIM-120
AMRAAMs
from
the
US,
clarifying
that
a
Department
of
War
contract
amendment
is
for
sustainment
and
spares,
not
new
missile
deliveries
or
capability
upgrades,
and
includes
other
countries.
It
was
earlier
reported
that
the
US
would
supply
AIM-120
Advanced
Medium-Range
Air-to-Air
Missiles
(AMRAAM).
Islamabad
was
one
of
the
countries
that
would
get
the
said
misslies,
Express
Tribune
reported
citing
a
press
release
issued
by
the
Department
of
War
(DoW).
The
AMRAAM
is
compatible
only
with
the
F-16
fighter
jet.
As
per
the
DoW,
Raytheon-the
producer
of
the
AMRAAM-has
received
a
contract
modification
exceeding
USD
41.6
million
on
a
previously
awarded
contract
(FA8675-23-C-0037)
for
the
manufacturing
of
the
missile’s
C8
and
D3
variants.
This
modification,
which
includes
Pakistan
among
other
recipients
of
foreign
military
sales,
raises
the
total
contract
value
to
over
USD
2.51
billion.
The
UK,
Poland,
Pakistan,
Germany,
Finland,
Australia,
Romania,
Qatar,
Oman,
Korea,
Greece,
Switzerland,
Portugal,
Singapore,
Netherlands,
Czech
Republic,
Japan,
Slovakia,
Denmark,
Canada,
Belgium,
Bahrain,
Saudi
Arabia,
Italy,
Norway,
Spain,
Kuwait,
Sweden,
Taiwan,
Lithuania,
Israel,
Bulgaria,
Hungary,
and
Turkey
are
the
countries
that
covered
the
foreign
military
sales.
The
completion
of
work
on
this
order
is
anticipated
by
May
2030.
