Seventeen billion dollars. This is one of the dividends of the war in Ukraine for the US arms industry. The data was released by the State Department of the United States and report how the value of American arms exports has reached in 2022 the 52 billion dollars, up 49% compared to 35 billion in 2021. This does not include weapons and ammunition supplied directly by the US which, as such, are not included in the export data. The “merit” goes above all to Germania which bought products made in the USA for 8.4 billion, followed by Poland (6 billion) with the maxi order of 250 tanks Abrams. Berlin is engaged in a major rearmament plan for which 100 billion euros have been budgeted. There Finland it bought tactical missiles and surface-to-air missiles for about 600 million dollars. Half a billion dollar missile and rocket orders from Lithuaniafrom Holland (1.2 billion) , from Norway (950 million), fromEstonia (500 million) and from Belgium (380 million). It even moved there Swiss with a $700 million order for patriot missiles.
Many orders come from Middle Eastern countries, while orders worth 14 billion for F15 military jets have arrived from Indonesia. The three defense giants operate in the United States Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies e Northrop Group. Anche Boeing has a division dedicated to the military industry. Arms manufacturers recorded sharp growth in revenues and in 2022, despite the generalized declines in price lists, they achieved good stock market performance. Raytheon stock is up 10%, those Lockheed quasi del 20% as well as Northrop shares. Similar dynamics have also affected European companies, the Italian Leonardo closed 2022 with a growth of around 50%, the German Rheinmetall (which also builds the Leopard and Panther tanks) has more than doubled its value.
Yesterday Lockheed Martin she claimed she was ready to please the demand for new F16 jets for Kiev by urging Western governments to take this step. In reality, the chancelleries are cautious about this further escalation against Moscow and so far the White House has rejected Ukrainian requests for supplies of military jets fearing that they could be used to strike Russian territory. A no also came from German government. The CEO of Lockheed Martin Frank St. JohnHowever, he specified that the company “will ramp up F-16 production in Greenville, South Carolina, to be able to secure additional supplies for any countries that choose to make third-party transfers to help with the ongoing conflict.” ”. The unit cost of an F16 in its Block 70/72 version (the most advanced) is 64 million dollars.
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