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BY ELLEN MITCHELL - 01/25/23 4:38 PM ET


U.S. weapons sales to other countries experienced a major uptick in 2022, jumping to more than US$51.9 billion largely due to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

In the aftermath of the Feb. 24 invasion, European nations rushed to arm themselves, giving U.S. weapons sales a 49 percent boost from the US$34.8 billion in sales in 2021

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Direct commercial sales also grew, with American defense contractors selling some US$153.7 billion in weapons and military equipment directly to foreign governments in 2022, up from US$103.4 billion the previous year.


https://thehill.com/policy/defense/38305...n-ukraine/

The war in Ukraine makes countries feel that they are fallible......and thus makes order for military hardware to US.......