U.S. military sales set new record

The U.S. government sold a record $81 billion worth of military equipment and services to foreign powers in 2023 – an increase of 56% on 2022, the U.S. State Department reports

Ukraine’s neighbour Poland was largest customer, spending over $30bn on Apache attack helicopters, missile defence systems, and Abrams battle tanks

U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES SOLD TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES
(fiscal years)

2018 $55.7bn
2019 $55.4bn
2020 $50.8bn
2021 $34.8bn
2022 $51.9bn
2023 $80.9bn


Additional $157.5bn in direct sales by U.S. defence companies to overseas nations in fiscal 2023 takes total of U.S. weapons sales to $238.4bn

Picture: Boeing
Sources: BBC, Air & Space Forces Magazine, U.S. State Department, DSCA © GRAPHIC NEWS