$81 billion in US arms sales in 2023

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, at the same time as Russia’s war with Ukraine continues, America signed 81 billion dollars in new arms contracts in 2023.

according to the news agency “Associated Press” The US State Department announced on Tuesday that these contracts represent a more than 50% increase in arms sales compared to 2022.

According to analysts, the escalation of tensions in the world is the US scenario for sending weapons and profit from it.

Deputy Ministry of Defense of Russia Recently, referring to the strengthening of NATO forces in different regions of the world, he said, the creation of military alliances similar to NATO in the Asia and Pacific region leads to challenges and insecurity.

These deals include 2.8 billion dollars from Italy to build the F-35 fighter. Meanwhile, Poland was the largest customer of US foreign military sales in 2023, spending $12 billion on Apache combat helicopters and $10 billion on Hymars missile systems.

The US State Department announced: “This is the highest total annual sales and aid to our allies and partners.”

According to this report, sales Arms are an important tool of US foreign policy with potential long-term consequences for regional and global security.

The US State Department has stated that current military sales figures are necessarily predictive It is not futures, which may increase or decrease due to several factors, including fluctuating defense budgets and regional security issues.

Russia believes this, especially in the context of Ukraine is that the NATO alliance is fighting with this country using Ukraine as a tool.

Russia has repeatedly criticized Western countries for supplying Ukraine with weapons and warned that the members NATO has practically become the direct side of the conflict. Russia has openly announced that such arms to Ukraine by Western countries will make them legitimate targets in Russia’s military operations.

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