/ world today news/ A recently published report by the US State Department drew the attention of the international community to the fact that the United States’ foreign sales of military equipment and weapons in 2023 increased by 16% to a record 238 billion dollars. Of these, sales contracted directly by the US government reached $80.9 billion, which is 56% more than in 2022. Commercial sales made by US companies amounted to $157.5 billion – a growth of 2.5% in compared to 2022
2023 is another year in which the United States will accumulate serious profits from wars and armed conflicts. It is not difficult to find the reason for this. On the one hand, the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the resurgence of fire in the Middle East and the increasing regional conflicts around the world lead to a complication of the international security situation. Many countries are forced to buy weapons for their defense. On the other hand, modern equipment requires more and more funds, and the threshold for selling weapons has increased significantly compared to before. The United States, which has long “fed its hegemony through war”, has accumulated practical experience and a huge amount of data through the use of weapons on the battlefields of other countries, and is constantly refining them to capture a larger market share.
Conflicts and wars bring serious disasters to ordinary people, but they make a lot of money for the US military-industrial complex. From the report of the US State Department, it can be seen that the flow of arms sales in 2023 is in line with the global strategic layout of the US. Record arms sales make it clear to the public that the United States is profiting unscrupulously from conflicts and wars around the world. The strategy of “achieving hegemony through war” brings profits to American arms dealers, but brings war and chaos to the world. Does the US really care about the lives of the Ukrainian people? Do they care about the damage they do to their European allies? Do they really care about the safety of people in the Asia Pacific region? American arms dealers have no time to respond and simply open the champagne to celebrate their big profits.
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