Seventeen billion dollars. This is one of the dividends of the war in Ukraine for the US defense industry. The data, released by the United States Department of State, indicates that the value of US arms exports approved by Washington reached 2022 the $52 billion, an increase of 49% compared to 35 billion in 2021. This does not include arms and ammunition shipped directly from the US and as such are not included in the export data. The “merit” goes above all Germany who bought US-made products for $8.4 billion, followed by Poland (6 billion) with the maxi order of 250 tanks abrams. Berlin is working on a major rearmament plan for which 100 billion euros are estimated. there Finland it bought tactical missiles and surface-to-air missiles for about $600 million. Orders for rockets and missiles worth half a billion dollars Lithuaniafrom Holland (1.2 bn) , 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.
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Many orders are coming 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 and Northrop Group. Boeing too has a department for the military industry. Weapons manufacturers saw strong sales growth and achieved good stock market performance in 2022 despite general price declines in price lists. Raytheon stock is up 10% Lockheed nearly 20% and Northrop shares. Similar dynamics have also gripped European companies, Italy’s Leonardo finished 2022 with growth of around 50%, Germany’s Rheinmetall (which also builds the Leopard and Panther tanks) has more than doubled in value.
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Yesterday Lockheed Martin She claimed she was ready to please the demand for new F16 jets for Kyiv by urging Western governments to take this step. In reality, the law firms are wary of this further escalation against Moscow, and the White House has so far turned down Ukrainian requests for military jet supplies, fearing that they could be used to attack 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 secure additional supplies for any countries that choose 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.
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