Along with the AMRAAMS, Bucharest also requested four AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM guidance sections and related items, including AIM-120 Captive Air Training Missiles, missile containers, propulsion sections, control sections, telemetry kits, and warhead spares.
The estimated $592 million potential sale will improve the air-to-air capability of the Romanian Air Force’s F-16 fleet, enhancing its capacity to defend its airspace against potential incursions.
The potential sale will improve Romania’s capability to “conduct self-defense and regional security missions while enhancing interoperability with the US and other NATO members,” the Defense Security Cooperation Agency stated.
A total of 300 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles have already been approved for sale by the US State Department for Romania.
The AIM-9X is a short-range air-to-air missile outfitted on aircraft such as the F-16.