Defense Industry
Global Arms Exports Rising Despite Global Coronavirus Pandemic
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Defense Industry
French Kiss: Egypt Becomes The Largest Customer Of French Weapons
Egypt will add 30 more jets to its 24-strong Rafale fleet for reportedly for $4.5 billion (~150 million apiece), making it the biggest buyer of the French aircraft, overtaking India and Qatar. In recent years, […]
Industry
Saudi Arabia Largest Importer Of Arms, U.S. Largest Exporter Of Arms
Over a third of the global weapons sold worldwide during the past five years came from the United States. About half of US arms transfers went to the Middle East. The US accounted for 37% […]
Industry
China joins International Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
China’s lawmakers on Saturday approved the decision to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at a legislative session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, running from Thursday to Saturday. The landmark Arms Trade Treaty […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Why US Should Sanction Chinese Defense Entities?
406,195 people have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of June 08, 2020, 04:30 GMT. Coronavirus has been a Chinese export to global population. There are more sinister exports to global conflict, […]
Americas
Top 40 Global Defense Spenders
Total global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The total for 2019 represents an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2018 […]
Industry
The United States is the number one arms exporter in 2015-2019
The United States was the largest exporter of major arms from 2015-2019, delivering 76 percent more materiel than runner-up Russia, according to a new study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute think tank. The […]
Industry
Top Five Weapons Exporter In 2015-2019
International arms transfers in the five years 2015 to 2019 increased by 5.5% compared with 2010 to 2014, with the US, Russia, France, Germany and China leading arms exports, according to research from the Stockholm […]
South Asia
Pakistan is the 11th largest arms importer
Islamabad–Pakistan is the eleventh largest arms importer in the world, a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said on Monday. According to new data released by the Sweden-based institute — which is dedicated […]
Industry
The top 10 countries exporting arms around the world
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently published its 2019 “Trends In International Arms Transfers” report, which details the 25 largest weapons exporters between 2013 and 2019. International weapons transfers have steadily increased since 2000 […]