Polish soldiers look at a vehicle carrying one of the U.S.-made HIMARS rocket launchers at an air base in Warsaw, Poland, 15 May 2023. /CFP
Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2023 rose 16 percent to a record $238 billion, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
Arms sales and transfers are viewed as "important U.S. foreign policy tools with potential long-term implications for regional and global security," the State Department said in a statement.
Sales approved in the year included $10 billion worth of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Poland, $2.9 billion worth of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-To-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Germany, and National Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine.
(With input from Reuters)