Fuel..

 

For weapons to sell more and at higher prices, the preconditions are more tensions around the world and more risk of war, so there will be a growing, expanding market for weapons.

The more conflict-ridden the world becomes, the more reason there is for the US to expand its arms exports and increase its military deployments worldwide. 

To whom and how much the US sells weapons will, on the one hand, increase regional tensions and, in turn, spur further purchases. 

According to SIPRI Yearbook 2022, current US arms policy and practice too often fuel war rather than deterring it. Roughly two-thirds of current conflicts - 34 out of 46 - involve one or more parties armed by the US.