par Mike Stone
Sales of American military equipment abroad jumped by 29% in 2024 to reach a record of $ 318.7 billion (303.81 billion euros), said the State Department on Friday, while Countries seek to reconstruct the stocks sent to Ukraine.
These figures are in line with the forecasts of rising sales of American weapons manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin LMT.N, General Dynamics GD.N and Northrop Grumman
NOC.N, whose actions should climb in a context of increasing global instability.
The global demand for weapons exploded following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and while the countries reconstitute the stocks of armaments given to Kyiv for its defense.
American arms dealers expect orders for artillery shells, interceptors of patriot missiles and armored vehicles supporting their results in the next quarters.
-Among the sales approved in 2024, Turkey bought 23 billion dollars in F-16 Fight Falcon and upgrades fighter aircraft, Israel ordered F-15 for $ 18.8 billion and Romania M1A2 Abrams tanks for $ 2.5 billion.
In addition, US President Donald Trump demands his allies that they spend more on their own defense and hopes that NATO members devote 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) to La Défense, instead of 2% Required, a level that no country, including the United States, is currently reaching.
(Mike Stone report in Washington; French version Kate Entringer)
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