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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

U.S. arms exports up 49% in fiscal 2022

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments rose 49% to $205.6 billion in the latest fiscal year, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. 

Sales approved in the year included $13.9 billion worth of F-15ID fighter jets to Indonesia, $6.9 billion worth of Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ships to Greece, and $6 billion worth of M1A2 Abrams tanks to Poland.
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8 comments:

  1. WolffmanJanuary 31, 2023 at 12:19 PM

    The article says how much we sold, I wonder how much we gave away...

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  2. MatthewJanuary 31, 2023 at 12:51 PM

    Now figure in all the material we handed the Taliban.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2023 at 2:12 PM

    The USA has become a purveyor of arms. Who is the bad guy? We should build our services up, not give our weapons to any nation (Ukraine).

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2023 at 4:30 PM

    $6 billion worth of Abrams, what's that about a dozen?

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    1. ElmoJanuary 31, 2023 at 9:26 PM

      At $10 million per unit that would be give or take 600 units.

      That $6 billion would include about $600 million for the Big Guy, of course.

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    2. PoppaGaryFebruary 1, 2023 at 8:18 PM

      Then there are the kickbacks from the gov contractors to their favorite pol.

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