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 shipments include systems such as AMRAAM missiles, Aegis combat systems, and HIMARS launchers for Denmark, Croatia, and Poland.
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