The U.S. government has announced that the total amount of weapons exported in the fiscal year up to September was $ 175 billion, about 3% higher than the previous year, saying that exports of fighters to Japan are a major factor. I will.
On the 4th, the US State Department announced the total amount of weapons and equipment exported in the fiscal year from October last year to the end of September, about 175 billion dollars, which is 2.8% higher than the previous year, and 18 trillion yen in Japanese yen. I made it clear that I had climbed.
At a press conference, Assistant Secretary of State Cooper said that he sold the state-of-the-art stealth fighter F35 to Japan for more than 2.4 trillion yen, "it is wrong to be one of the factors that pushed up the total amount. No, "he pointed out.
The total amount announced this time includes a contract of more than 460 billion yen made to repair the F15 fighter of the Air Self-Defense Force.
The Trump administration has taken steps to ease export restrictions on weapons and equipment with the aim of creating domestic jobs and reducing trade deficits, and the total amount of weapons sold abroad under the Trump administration is skyrocketing.