Jordan is set to sell Gepard anti-aircraft systems to the US for nearly $120 million, significantly higher than its 2013 purchase price of $22 million, for use in Ukraine.
By Kyle Anzalone
Jordan is set to make a massive profit by selling Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft system to the US. The White House plans to send the weapons to arms to Ukraine. In 2013, Amman purchased the weapons 2013 for $22 million, and now the US will pay Jordan nearly $120 million to buy the anti-aircraft system for Ukraine.
According to De Telegraaf, the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, “The Netherlands sold the sixty [Gepards] to the Jordanians in 2013 for about 350,000 euros each. At the time, it indeed involved a total amount of 21 million euros. While the Americans would now pay 1.8 million euros each for it.”
Han Bouwmeester, a Dutch brigadier general and military professor, said the increase in price was due to the steep demand for weapons caused by the multiple conflicts being fought around the globe. “The situation in the world then was fundamentally different than it is now. The geopolitical situation has now changed ,and that may affect the price of these [Gepard],” he explained.
As the war in Ukraine has dragged on, and Israel has urged the US for weapons, the demand for arms has continued to increase. Washington has been pressed to find artillery shells and air defense systems, which are in demand by both Kiev and Tel Aviv.
A former Pentagon employee has warned that the Department of Defense is being price gouged for weapons earlier this year. Shay Assad, a former contract negotiator at the Defense Department, said ,“The gouging that takes place is unconscionable. There’s no doubt about it,” he continued, “You just can only buy so much, because you only have so much money. And that’s why I say, is it really any different than not giving a Marine enough bullets to put in his clip? It’s the same thing.”
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3 responses to “US to Buy Anti-Aircraft Weapon for Ukraine at Huge Markup”
Let’s waste a lot more money on needless and dangerous wars on our declared enemies.
Meanwhile,In America—Americans are losing jobs, homes, rentals, health care—and very possibly their minds. too.
Those running the nation—well–so many grow more idiotic every year. I suppose we will all have to go through another nightmare depression as in the 1930s….Neither political party seems even the least bit confident of any workable future.
Washington’s chief purpose for this proxy war in Ukraine was presumably to damage Russia and dissipate its defensive resources, to give American forces an easier time in the next wars they have planned (as they always do). Joint Chiefs Chairman General Milley admitted this shameless truth himself before retiring to a life of luxury working for the arms industry. As someone who despises war and the suffering it imposes on mostly the young, old, weak, innocent and passive, I find it gratifying that the warmongers in the American government and its military are being bitten on their own posteriors by their own reckless, thoughtless and greedy actions. It’s only just that the American gangsters are being victimised, at least financially, by their own subservient vassal states. You trained your own crass lackeys in the Netherlands well, Yanks! Now suck on it. How you say, “Don’t cry for me, Argentina!” Ya, bellyachers.