Abstract
Abstract The Reagan Administration made a dramatic change in U.S. arms transfer policy early in 1981 which resulted in the viewpoint that conventional arms transfers would become an essential element of U. S. global defense posture and a key element of U.S. foreign policy. The Saudi AWACS sale in 1981 and the formal go‐ahead for the Israeli LAVI fighter in early 1982 were the immediate beneficiaries of this arms transfer policy change. Both of these Middle East arms transfer issues had major economic implications for the U.S. economy, including the maintenance of the U.S. defense industrial base, international trade balance issues, and technology transfer.
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