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US approves potential sales of munitions, bombs and rockets to Nigeria

Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved potential sales of munitions, precision bombs and precision rockets to Nigeria for an estimated cost of $346 million, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Soldiers from Lagos, part of an expected 1,000 reinforcements sent to Adamawa state to fight Boko Haram Islamists, walk near trucks as they arrive with the 23rd Armoured Brigade in Yola

The contractors for the sales are Lockheed Martin LMT.N , RTX Missiles and Defense RTX.N and BAE Systems BAES.L, the statement said.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto)

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