Russia has ousted the United States from the global arms market due to the increased quality of Russian military products. This was stated by analysts of the publication Rai Al Youm .
The authors of the article noted that the United States was left behind due to the inability of American fifth-generation fighters to maintain a leading position due to technical imperfections.
In addition, according to the publication, the demand for US weapons has also fallen due to the breakthrough of the Russian Federation in the creation of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 and S-500, capable of intercepting and destroying most types of enemy combat aircraft.
"Recent military studies claim that the United States will need at least 20 years to develop a new generation of fighters <...> not to mention hundreds of billions of dollars, while Russia needs only a few years to modernize its missile arsenal and tens of billions of dollars," the publication claims.
In October, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) informed the United States about the suspension of negotiations on the purchase of the F-35. The country's authorities noted that technical requirements, sovereign operational restrictions, cost-benefit analysis led to a reassessment of the aircraft purchase transaction.
In February, Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport, said that Russia is constantly expanding military-technical cooperation with foreign countries, despite Western sanctions.
According to him, the guarantee of preserving the leading positions of the Russian Federation in the global arms market is the reliability and efficiency of Russian military equipment, the choice in favor of which is made by foreign customers, despite political pressure.
The share of Russia's military exports over the past five years has amounted to 21% of the global volume. During this period, 47 countries acquired Russian weapons. The regional distribution looks like this: 55% of total sales went to India, China and Algeria, 57% - to Asia and Oceania, 19% - to the Middle East (mainly Egypt and Iraq), 17% - to Africa, 5.7% of weapons were delivered to Europe and 0.8% - to North and South America.