The US government has announced it intends to sell Kuwait its latest Patriot anti-ballistic missile system to meet "current and future threats". The Defense Security Co-operation Agency told Congress that Kuwait was planning to buy as many as 209 of the MIM-104E Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T) interceptors. The deal is valued at $900m. "This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a major non-Nato ally which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," bbc.co.uk quotes the DCSA’s website as saying.