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US hits record arms sales in 2024 driven by Ukraine demand (www.aljazeera.com)

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The sale of United States military equipment to foreign governments in 2024 surged 29 percent to a record $318.7bn, the US State Department said, a figure that includes the sale of jet fighters worth $18.8bn to Israel despite the country facing allegations of genocide in Gaza.

US weapons sales figures from the Biden administration’s final year were released on Friday, coming amid rising global instability and regional tensions.

Sales approved in 2024 included but were not limited to $23bn in F-16 jets and aircraft upgrades to Turkiye’s military, $18.8bn worth of F-15 fighter jets to Israel, and $2.5bn in sales of M1A2 Abrams tanks to Romania.

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[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Ding ding ding. That's why the Western countries don't put out the fire. Just let it keep smoldering to make that sweet sweet money while real people die each day in a stupid war.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Russia can retreat to their own borders at any moment. Until then, we will continue to support Ukraine to defeat the invader.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

And once you lot run out of Ukrainians you'll support war elsewhere and find new justifications for it because that's what you do.

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