US arms sales to foreign governments boomed in 2022 as defense firms cashed in on the war in Ukraine. According to State Department numbers, sales rose to $205.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year. The sales are divided into two categories: direct military sales between...
Lockheed Martin has said that it's ready to meet demands for F-16 fighter jets if the US and its allies choose to ship them to Ukraine. So far, the US and its allies have been hesitant to send fighter jets to Ukraine due to concerns that they could be used to target...
Media Fault Pompeo for Defending Saudi Assassination of Journalist | Pompeo argues Khashoggi was a not as important as US troops
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Tuesday that Germany and its allies are "fighting a war against Russia" in rare candid remarks about the Western role in the conflict. Baerbock made the comments at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in...
President Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, marking another major escalation of US military support for Kyiv. The pledge came just days after Pentagon officials said they didn't plan to send the Abrams citing...
The Pentagon is planning to boost its production of artillery ammunition by 500% over the next two years as the US is depleting its military stockpiles by sending millions of shells to Ukraine, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Since Russia launched its invasion of...
Turkey has postponed planned talks with Sweden and Finland on their potential NATO bids following a Quran-burning protest in Sweden that took place in front of the Turkish embassy, the Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported Tuesday. The report cited anonymous Turkish...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) told The Times of Israel that the US should sell F-35 fighter jets to Arab countries that have normalized with Israel under the Abraham Accords in exchange for investments that could benefit the Palestinians. The Trump administration...
Several senior Ukrainian officials resigned on Tuesday after being forced out over a corruption scandal that has rocked Ukraine, resulting in the biggest government shake-up since Russia's invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address on...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday cited US military aid as an example of the "big business" opportunities American corporations can find in his country. Zelensky said in a video address to a meeting of the National Association of State Chambers in Boca...
