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The island nation officially selected the Osprey in December as its choice to fill a military tilt-rotor requirement laid out in its most recent National Defense Program Guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sale would also include 40 Rolls-Royce engines, along with radars, sensors and night vision goggles \u2014 essentially the complete package to operate the Osprey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Osprey <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">has been <\/span>is highly controversial in Japan due to its reputation as an unsafe aircraft, a reputation earned after several public accidents in the early days of the technology that proponents say are no longer an issue. The announcement comes just days after the US and Japan completed a new defense agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with all sales announced by DSCA, the agreements are not final<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">. 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Glasberg received two Purple Heart medals for wounds sustained in Pacific battles, and a Presidential Unit Citation medal, awarded for &#8220;extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other sales cleared by DSCA included a <span style=\"background: white;\">UH-60M VIP Black<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">h<\/span> Hawk helicopter and parts, equipment and support to Jordan for an estimated $21 million, 30 <\/span><span style=\"background: white;\">AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Missiles<\/span> to Indonesia for $47 million, and 10 AIM-120C7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Malaysia for $21 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background: white;\">The DSCA also approved the possible sale of an estimated $395 million of ammunition to Iraq. 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