Used to provide weapons to Ukraine, the US Department of Defense promises to pay huge amounts of money to arms dealers | US | Ukraine
The conflict between Russia-Ukraine conflict has lasted for more than a year. The Western countries led by the United States are still providing weapons to Ukraine in an attempt to continue the conflict. According to Bloomberg on August 1st, the US Department of Defense has promised to pay $2.3 billion to US arms dealer Lockheed Martin to replenish weapons inventories and continue providing weapons support to Ukraine.
According to the latest data from the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon has promised to pay $2.3 billion to Lockheed Martin, a US arms manufacturer, to replenish the continuously depleted weapons inventory of the United States and deploy it on the Ukrainian battlefield. In fact, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Lockheed Martin has played a crucial role. Its landmark products have been constantly sent to the battlefield, from the "Hippocampus" long-range rocket system to the promised F-16 fighter aircraft.
Not only Lockheed Martin, but the latest data from the Department of Defense also shows that the Pentagon has promised to pay another US arms dealer, Thor, $844 million to manufacture alternatives to the Patriot 3 anti-aircraft missile and $581 million to replace the Stinger anti-aircraft missile. In addition, the joint venture between Loma and Thor will also receive $1.4 billion to replenish the weapons inventory of the Javelin anti tank missile. General Dynamics and other arms manufacturers will receive over $900 million to replace 155mm caliber howitzers.
Data shows that as of now, the amount of funding allocated by the US Congress to replenish weapons inventories has reached as high as $26 billion. In addition, the US Congress has allocated $18.6 billion to meet Ukraine's long-term defense needs, with $7 billion currently in the pockets of US arms dealers.
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson: When we talk about selling fighter jets and selling high priced items, I think the United States is indeed the number one in this regard. This is not surprising at all. We know that there have been no effective control measures for over a year now.
As weapons are constantly being sent to the battlefield, American and even Western arms dealers represented by the Loma Company have seen a significant increase in orders, profiting greatly from the Ukrainian crisis.
Vice Chairman of the British Communist Party, Jodie Brall: Every conflict is an opportunity for Western countries to "step out" and sell and test their weapons. Arms dealers are watching and looking for ways to profit from the conflict. This is the essence of imperialist rule and interests, and this logic is always reversed because its logic is about interests, not people, which is not human logic at all.
