High-technology
weapons sales
In
August 1997, the Clinton Administration lifted a twenty-year-old moratorium
(officially called a “presumption of denial”) on sales of high-technology
weapons, such as attack jets, to Latin America. This allowed Chile to
agree to purchase ten F-16 fighter aircraft in 2002, which as of 2003
had yet to be delivered.
(All
figures in thousands of U.S. dollars. "**" means less than US500.)
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1996 [1] |
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1997 [2] |
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1998 [3] |
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1999 [4] |
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2000 [5] |
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2001 [6] |
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2002 [7] |
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2003 [8] |
| Categories
/ Descriptions |
Quantity
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Value
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Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
Quantity
|
Value
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| A/C MODS,
AGE AND OTHER |
|
1
|
|
29
|
|
223
|
|
268
|
|
10
|
|
**
|
|
21
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|
138
|
| AIRCRAFT
SPARE PARTS |
|
705
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|
572
|
|
386
|
|
121
|
|
226
|
|
114
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|
239
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|
526
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| BOOKS MAPS
AND PUBLICATIONS |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
1
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| CARTRIDGE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
2
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|
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|
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| COMMUNICATION
EQP SPARES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
13
|
|
|
| LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT EXP |
|
72
|
|
66
|
|
58
|
|
49
|
|
18
|
|
95
|
|
41
|
|
95
|
| MISCELLANEOUS
AIRCRAFT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
47
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
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|
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| MISC OTHER
SUPPORT EQP |
|
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
6
|
|
1
|
| OTHER AMMO
AND COMPONENTS |
|
372
|
|
174
|
|
478
|
|
216
|
|
108
|
|
211
|
|
117
|
|
142
|
| OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
EQP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
239
|
|
229
|
|
|
|
34
|
| OTHER SERVICES |
|
45
|
|
37
|
|
112
|
|
162
|
|
46
|
|
241
|
|
489
|
|
1,711
|
| OTHER SUPPLIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
| OTHER WPNS
& ORDNANCE EQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
| PISTOLS |
1,500
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| RADIO RECEIVING
EQUIP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
8
|
|
|
| REPAIR AND
REHABILITATION |
|
101
|
|
211
|
|
177
|
|
13
|
|
**
|
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| SHIP
OVERHAULS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
| SHIP SPARE
PARTS |
|
558
|
|
140
|
|
188
|
|
71
|
|
3
|
|
852
|
|
75
|
|
3
|
| STOR &
MAINT OF STOCKPILES |
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
| SUPPLY OPERATIONS |
|
64
|
|
206
|
|
40
|
|
29
|
|
51
|
|
92
|
|
23
|
|
28
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| (CLASSIFIED)
TANK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,030
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| TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE |
|
167
|
|
781
|
|
334
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1,433
|
|
127
|
|
355
|
|
45
|
|
311
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| TOTAL BOOKS,
MAPS + PUBS |
|
58
|
|
47
|
|
39
|
|
31
|
|
24
|
|
54
|
|
16
|
|
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| TRAINING |
|
289
|
|
55
|
|
25
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
483
|
|
1,910
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| TRAINING
AIDS AND PUBL |
|
|
|
**
|
|
**
|
|
4
|
|
**
|
|
143
|
|
118
|
|
**
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| WEAPONS
SPARES |
|
62
|
|
|
|
**
|
|
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|
1
|
|
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|
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| TOTAL
COUNTRY |
|
2,512
|
|
2,318
|
|
2,110
|
|
2,462
|
|
877
|
|
2,449
|
|
1,732
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|
5,929
|
Sources:
1
United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign
Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington:
September 1997).
2
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Assistance Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: August 1998).
3
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: July 1999) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655/655rep.html>.
4
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: September 2000) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-99/655rep.html>.
5
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: April 2001) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2000/FMS/2000-fms-full.pdf>.
6
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: August 2002) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2001/FMS/2001-fms-full.pdf>.
7
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: March 2003) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2002/FMS/Entire%20Report.pdf>.
8
United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training)
Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the
Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter
2 (Washington: September 2004) <http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2003/6552003.html>.
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Adam Isacson (Senior Associate
CIP