US EditionUS gov. shutdown delays over $5 bln in US arms exports to NATO: Axios
- Over $5 billion in U.S. arms exports to NATO allies and Ukraine are delayed due to the government shutdown, affecting missile and defense system deliveries, as reported by the State Department.
- The shutdown has affected deliveries of weapons like AMRAAM missiles, Aegis combat systems, and HIMARS launchers, according to a senior State Department official.
- Tommy Pigott stated, 'Democrats are holding up critical weapons sales, including to our NATO allies, which harms the U.S. industrial base and puts our and our partners' security at risk.'
- James Risch noted, 'China and Russia aren't shut down, their efforts to undermine the U.S. and our partners... get easier, while our industrial base suffers.
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n1info.rsThe wave of layoffs that affected private factories in Serbia in the fall will also spread to the dedicated industry, and lists of workers who will be declared redundant in the arms factories are being drawn up, Ranka Savić, president of the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions (ASNS), told N1.
Cases are on the rise: once again drones are reported on critical infrastructure in Belgium. In Ukraine, the fights are focused on the city of Pokrovsk. And the US shutdown has consequences for several NATO partners. More in the live ticker.
The United States has suspended arms supplies to NATO and Ukraine's allies because of the suspension of government funding (the Chatdown), and US Department of State officials are on unpaid leave, and Axios is writing about it.
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Shutdown Delays $5B in US Weapons for NATO Allies
The government shutdown has frozen more than $5 billion in weapons exports intended for NATO allies and Ukraine, raising alarms over U.S. strategic commitments, alliance readiness, and the health of the domestic defense industrial base. A senior State Department official told Axios: "This is actually really harming both our allies and partners and U.S. industry to actually deliver a lot of these critical capabilities overseas." The affected ship…
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