A top Pentagon Official said the UAE topped the list of buyers of US Government-to-Government arms sales this fiscal year with a purchase of arms worth $7.9 billion, followed by Afghanistan ($5.4 billion), Saudi Arabia ($3.3 billion), Taiwan ($3.2 billion), Egypt ($2.1 billion), Iraq ($1.6 billion), NATO ($924.5 milliion), Australia ($818.7 million), and South Korea ($716.6 million).