Over the past eight years Lebanon has received US military aid worth $1 billion, according to David Hale, the US ambassador to Lebanon.
The delivery of Cessna aircraft gave the LAF advanced surveillance and reconnaissance abilities [IMG]as well as pinpoint firepower with Hellfire missiles, he said, while more conventional weapons such as M198 howitzers as well as M60A3 and M48A5 tanks offer accurate and continuous firepower[/IMG]
Lebanon has also recently received a military grant from Saudi Arabia worth $3 billion for French weapons. French support culminated in the delivery of Milan launcher systems last April..
Another $1 billion Saudi grant delivered in December facilitated the purchase last month of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft worth $462 million. On July 3, a Chinese delivery of unknown weapons arrived at the shores of Beirut, according to Kahwaji.
Chinese Weapons Shipped to Lebanon to Aid Hezbollah