choices999 wrote: The number of countries allied with the United States totals 47. Once the P.O. is in, I suspect that the USA will want all of its allied countries to be properly equipped too against their enemies. Given that MRS has a patent, allies will have a significant edge over enemies of USA due to protective equipment.
Notice that it has already started with Canada, Ukriane and Tunisa, see below
My personal opinion,
https://www.quora.com/Which-countries-are-allied-with-the-US
First we have the NATO members, including ascension date
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. The other member countries are: Greece and Turkey (1952), Germany (1955), Spain (1982), the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (1999), Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (2004), and Albania and Croatia (2009)
source: Member countries
US Congress added the status of Major not-NATO ally to the United States Code in 1989. The MNNA allows the President to designate a country an MNNA.
Named by George H. W. Bush
- Australia (1989)
- Egypt (1989)
- Israel (1989)
- Japan (1989)
- South Korea (1989)
Named by Bill Clinton
- Jordan (1996)
- New Zealand (1997)
- Argentina (1998)
Named by George W. Bush
- Bahrain (2002)
- Philippines (2003)
- Thailand (2003)
- Kuwait (2004)
- Morocco (2004)
- Pakistan (2004)
Named by Barack Obama
- Afghanistan (2012)
- Tunisia (2015)
Members of congress have suggested adding Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
The Obama administration has considered adding Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar as MNNAs.
Source: Major non-NATO ally