No new air-to-air missiles to Pakistan: US embassy’s big clarification

The US embassy on Friday clarified that no new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) would be delivered to Pakistan.

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir

The clarification came days after reports said the US was mulling delivering these missiles to Pakistan amid an uptick in diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Reports had earlier stated that Pakistan was likely to receive AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the US. The reports said that an arms contract notified by the US Department of War (DoW), formerly known as the Department of Defence, had listed Pakistan among the 35 buyers for the missiles.

However, the US embassy has now clarified that the contract was an amendment to an already existing Foreign Military Sales contract.

“On September 30, 2025, the Department of War released a list of standard contract announcements, which referred to an amendment to an existing Foreign Military Sales contract for sustainment and spares for several countries, including Pakistan,” the US Embassy and Consulates in India stated.

“…No part of this referenced contract modification is for deliveries of new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Pakistan. The sustainment does not include an upgrade to any of Pakistan’s current capabilities,” the statement added.

According to the DoW document, as seen by HT.com, the contract for the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles C8 and D3 variants had been awarded to the Raytheon company, Tucson, Arizona. The total value of the contract stood at $2,512,389,558.

The contract also listed “foreign military sales to United Kingdom, Poland, Pakistan, Germany, Finland, Australia, Romania, Qatar, Oman, Korea, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, Singapore, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Japan, Slovakia, Denmark, Canada, Belgium, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Norway, Spain, Kuwait, Finland, Sweden, Taiwan, Lithuania, Isreal, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Turkey.”

The contract had further stated that the work order was likely to be completed by May 30, 2030.