“Who will most likely set up and teach the Ukrainian army how to use these weapons systems? The U.S. military.”Īmong those openly discussing the boon to profits is Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes. military advisors will continue to stay in the country,” Cavan Kharrazian, progressive foreign policy campaigner for the advocacy organization Demand Progress, tells In These Times. “As we are shipping advanced weaponry to the Ukrainian military, the Biden administration has signaled that U.S. escalation, amid renewed tensions between Ukraine and Russia, could bring dire consequences, and spill into a much larger and more protracted war. military assistance to Ukraine, and impose new sanctions on Russia.Īnti-war campaigners warn that U.S. House Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to quickly push through a bill that would significantly increase U.S. government escalates arms shipments to Ukraine, among them the Javelin missiles that are a joint venture between Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
And General Dynamics, meanwhile, is boasting about the past returns the company has seen as a result of such disputes. As the United States weighs more involvement in the growing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, some of the largest weapons companies in the world - Raytheon and Lockheed Martin - are openly telling their investors that tensions between the countries are good for business.