Demand for U.S. weapons in the world has increased, as expected in the United States, will continue to grow in the coming years. “The appetite becomes more and more”, – said the Deputy commander of the U.S. air force for international Affairs Heidi Grant, in an interview with Reuters.
She noted that arms sales approved by the Pentagon, in the past financial year increased by 36 per cent to $ 46,6 billion dollars. Popular American military equipment, unmanned vehicles and military aircraft.
This year, according to grant, the U.S. success in the arms market will continue in connection with the situation in Eastern Europe that emerged after the “annexation” of Crimea by Russia.
The interviewee of the Agency said that at the moment is negotiating supplies with several countries in the region who are trying to strengthen their defence in connection with the aggressive behavior of the Russian Federation. However, she noted that the countries of Eastern Europe separately to the extremely low purchasing power, but because, apparently, they will combine resources.
Note that the subject of the defence of Europe from Russia was very popular in the past in Poland’s NATO summit. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in particular, talked about the need to “activate collective defence”.
He stressed that dialogue with Russia is possible, but only in case of observance by the authorities of the Russian Federation of a number of key conditions. One such Stoltenberg called the end of political, financial and military” support to separatists operating in Eastern Ukraine.
President Barack Obama also noted the importance of strengthening defense in the Baltic States and Poland in response to Russia’s violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. He noted that the joint efforts of the allies will be able to organize a system of collective protection on a scale the world has not seen since the cold war.
