The World - News from July 7, 1988

The Reagan Administration intends to sell Greece 1,500 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and 500 launchers for an estimated $124 million, the Pentagon said in a statement. Congress has 30 days to disapprove the sale of the shoulder-fired weapons, which the Pentagon said will help Greece meet its North Atlantic Treaty Organization obligations by modernizing its air defense forces. The sale includes training equipment and instruction of Greek military personnel in use of the weapon, the Pentagon said. The proposed sale comes at a time when the United States is trying to persuade Greece to renew its leases on U.S. naval bases there.