The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Bahrain of M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Upgrade and related equipment for an estimated cost of $176 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

News websites said that a defence industrial complex in Pakistan will manufacture six "Interceptors" for the Bahrain National Guards.

Sky News Arabia announced that Kingdom of Bahrain will host the joint training “Khaled Bin Al-Waleed 2018” with the participation of armed Egyptian forces.

Famous American journalist Nicholas Kristof said that the last $3.8 billion arms sale package to Bahrain, which was approved by the US Department of State, will increase oppression in Bahrain.

Bahrain's upper house of parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional amendment which grants military courts the right to try civilians, sparking concern for the fate of activists already in custody.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force, Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received on Tuesday (October 4, 2016) Commander of the UK's Joint Forces, General Sir Chris Deverell, and his accompanying delegation in the presence of Chief of Staff, Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi.

A report issued by intelligence publication HS Jane’s revealed that Bahrain has doubled its spending on defences in 2016.

Bahrain said that a delegation from the Jordanian General Directorate of Gendarmerie visited the gulf kingdom and discussed security cooperation.