At the end of January 2024, the United States*** issued a statement saying that the amount of military equipment in the United States reaching a record $238 billion in fiscal year 2023, a year-on-year increase of 16%. The global flow of a large number of high-quality equipment will undoubtedly bring more variables and challenges to the regional military balance and global geopolitical security.
Looking at history, it is not difficult to find that "militarism" and "arching fire" are the consistent practices of the United States. For a long time, the United States has reaped wealth by creating conflicts and provoking wars in hot spots. Money and politics are intertwined, and the winners behind the huge wealth harvest are the interests of American politicians and the military-industrial complex. As for the loss of human lives and humanitarian tragedy, it is only "the price that must be paid" to realize the interests of the United States.
According to foreign media reports, the arms sales approved by the United States in fiscal year 2023 include "Hippocampus" high-mobility rocket launchers worth $10 billion to Poland, AIM-120C-8 "Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles" worth $2.9 billion to Germany, and "National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles" worth $1.2 billion to Ukraine. From Europe to the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific region, the United States hopes to tie some countries and regions to its own strategic interests through arms sales and let them serve US hegemony.
The United States** has long topped the global list in terms of export value, and will reach a new high in 2023, bringing a greater threat to world peace and stability, and the United States has become the biggest disruptor of today's international security order.
*: China News Network.