arms deal

noun

: an agreement to buy or sell weapons
an arms deal between two countries

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Taiwan is considering an arms deal worth up to $10 billion in a bid to curry favor with the Trump administration, according to a new report. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 These include exporting the Arrow 3 to Germany, Israel’s biggest-ever arms deal, with deliveries expected to begin this year. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 While Carter was preoccupied with guiding the Egyptian-Israeli talks to completion and negotiating a strategic nuclear arms deal with the Soviets, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, America’s closest partner in the Middle East, faced a revolution at home, beginning in November 1978. Benjamin V. Allison / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 Over in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging an arms deal worth 650 million euros with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Leonie Kidd; Head Of Tv News, Emea, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for arms deal

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“Arms deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20deal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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