Arms Sales: Iraq
Middle East
$18B
Total Since 2009
$400M
FY2024
#9
Buyer Rank
Share of top buyers
🔫 Top Weapons Systems Sold
- ▸F-16 fighters ($6.5B)
- ▸M1A1 Abrams tanks ($2.4B)
- ▸Apache helicopters
- ▸AT-6 Texan II
- ▸Scan Eagle drones
📝 Background
US rebuilt Iraq's military after destroying it in 2003. Ironic: billions to arm the same military we spent trillions fighting.
⚠️ Controversies
Iraqi forces using US weapons collapsed against ISIS in 2014, abandoning billions in equipment. US-supplied Abrams tanks ended up in ISIS propaganda videos.