US weapons exports increased by countries trying to fill the weapons of arms donated to Ukraine.
The US Department of State said that the sales of US military equipment to foreign governments increased by 29 percent to a record $ 318.7 billion in 2024, a figure that led to Israel 18.8 billion despite allegations of genocide in Gaza. Dollar jet fighter jets also include sales. .
The Biden administration’s last year’s US weapons sales data were released on Friday, between growing global instability and regional tensions.
Direct military sales by US companies increased to $ 200.8 billion in fiscal year 2024, which was $ 157.5 billion in 2023, while sales set by the US government increased to $ 117.9 billion in 2024. It was more than $ 80.9 billion.
The State Department said in a statement that the sale and transfer of weapons is “viewed as the key tools of US foreign policy, which have potential long -term implications for regional and global security.”
Approved sales approved in 2024 include $ 23 billion in upgrading of F-16 jets and aircraft in the Turkish army, Israel’s $ 18.8 billion F-15 fighter jets and Romania’s $ 2.5 billion sales of M1A2 Abramz tanks But they were not limited.
The State Department said that the United States adopts a “full approach” for the sale of weapons and that when determining the “proper supply of military equipment” to the allies, many factors, including economic and military, “political, social, human rights, citizens.” Protection “holds weight. Partner
However, the US Investigation Journalist Organization propubulica reports that US Secretary of State Antony Blankin ignored clear warnings about Israeli human rights violations during the war on Gaza and violating US law to the country. Continue the transfer of transfer.
More than 47,200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, and photos have recorded the catastrophe because the entire city inside the enclave used the debris using bombs, missiles, warplanes and other weapons provided by the United States. The pile has been made.
Human rights groups, UN experts and even former US government officials have accused the Biden administration of deliberately funding Israel’s alleged genocide in Gaza.
In November 2024, Human Rights Watch released a detailed report stating how Israel had deliberately tried to stop the Palestinians from returning to large parts of Gaza.
US defense contractors are pressing to meet the increase in the demand for weapons increasing as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Globally, the Ministry of Defense is lined up to submit orders to increase its inventions with US weapons, while the United States has reserved its reservoir after sending weapons and ammunition to Kiev in support of the war with Russia. Trying to fill up.
This year is also expected to increase as orders approved in 2024 are often logged in the order of US weapons makers, which are planning to increase the demand for artillery rounds, Patriot missile interceptors and armored vehicles.
