Analysis of Reasons for Increasing Israeli Sale of Military Equipment

2023/10/15 | Economy, Note, Top News

Strategic Council Online: Statistics show that the volume of arms and military equipment exports by the Zionist regime has doubled over the past nine years. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Zionist regime, the income from the export of weapons and other military equipment reached 12.5 billion dollars in 2022, higher than the previous record of 11.4 billion dollars in 2021. Between 2011 and 2016, this figure fluctuated between 5.6 billion and 7.5 billion dollars. Mahmoud Fazeli - International affairs analyst

The Zionist regime claims that global instability has increased the demand for its air defense systems, drones, and missiles. Tel Aviv is continuously working to maintain and strengthen its capabilities. Nearly a quarter of the weapons this regime exports were sent to Arab countries in 2022, and Tel Aviv is trying to normalize relations with those countries. More than 24 percent of the total income from the export of arms last year, equal to 2.96 billion dollars, resulted from contracts signed with the countries parties to the Abraham Accords. Many believe the sharp increase in demand for Israeli-made weapons is related to the war between Ukraine and Russia and to “geostrategic changes” in Europe.

After several Arab countries joined the list of normalizers of relations with Tel Aviv, the number of countries that bought drones from the Zionist regime has increased. Specialized companies in that regime’s military, technology, and cyber industries set up a workshop in arms-importing countries to train the countries’ human resources on how to use those weapons. This year, the number of countries buying drones, helicopters, and information and cyber systems has sometimes increased by 25 percent. The increase in arms exports of the Zionist regime is related to the increase in the number of transactions with Arab countries that have signed an agreement to normalize relations with Tel Aviv, as well as the increase in the demand of European countries for military technologies after the Russia-Ukraine war.

Asia and Oceania were the largest buyers of the military items of the Zionist regime and accounted for 30 percent of the total exports. It is followed by Europe, which has purchased 29 percent of it. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco, which established bilateral relations with the Zionist regime in 2020 under the Abraham Accords, accounted for 24 percent of the arms sales of the Zionist regime in 2022, which, compared to 2021, has increased by 7 percent. North America accounted for 11 percent, and Africa and Latin America accounted for 3 percent of sales, respectively. Drones make up the bulk of the regime’s exports with 25 percent of sales, an increase of 9 percent compared to 2021, followed by missiles, rockets, and air defense systems, which account for 19 percent of the exports.

In the latest attempt of the Zionist regime to sell equipment to other countries, the Defense minister of the regime, Yoav Gallant, and Boris Pistorius, the German Defense Minister, signed an arms contract worth 3.5 billion euros for the sale of the Arrow-3 missile defense system to Berlin. This contract is the largest arms contract in the “history” of the Zionist regime. Berlin sees this agreement as an indication of the continuation of special relations between the two sides and greater protection of itself and its neighbors against any possible missile attack. After the Ukraine war, Germany tried to strengthen NATO’s air defenses in Europe and asked its allies to buy deterrent systems together. Berlin expects the Arrow-3 system to be delivered in the last quarter of 2025.

With its guided missiles, this defense system can directly target long-range missiles at altitudes above 100 km and outside the earth’s atmosphere. This system will provide a protective cover for EU countries. This system was first deployed in the Israeli Air Force Base in 2017 to protect the regime from air attacks. The German Minister of Defense believes that signing this agreement is a historic day for the parties. This system will ensure that the German air defense will have suitable conditions in the future, and if it is not said that the system is the best, it can be said that it is one of the best, and that’s why Germany feels satisfied.

A 100 billion euro fund covers the cost of this deal that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz created to strengthen Germany’s defense after the Ukraine war. The Minister of Defense of the Zionist regime has announced that signing this contract is an important event.

In recent years, cooperation between the Zionist regime and Greece has developed significantly. Relations between the parties have expanded at all levels since 2019 and after the New Democracy conservative party came to power in that country. Athens confirmed the purchase of at least 300 “Spice” guided bombs and “Rampage” air-to-ground missiles manufactured by that regime. The bomb and missile will significantly increase the ability of Greek fighters to attack ground targets.

The provision of the mentioned weapons has been one of the demands of Greece in recent years because this country has one of the largest and most modern F-16 fleets without being able to make maximum use of the fighters. It seems that the protracted negotiations between Greece and the Zionist regime for the preparation of Spice and Rampage have come to an end. After the green light of the National Security Council of that country, the contract between the parties is supposed to be signed shortly. The parties had also agreed on Greece’s SPIKE NLOS missile system purchase.

The Council of Chiefs of General Staff of Greece recently confirmed the purchase of Zionist HERON Mk2 drones. If this deal is finalized, Greece will have access to the second type of drone of the Zionist regime. Currently, two HERON Mk1 drones have been leased from Greece. This country is negotiating with the Zionist side to purchase HERON Mk1 drones after the end of the leasing period. The drones’ main purpose is to patrol and participate in search and rescue operations, collect information, and identify and determine targets.

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