Monday, March 16, 2015

The World's Arms Trade Continues To Rise



Deutsche Welle: Global arms exports on rise: SIPRI

The United States has widened its lead as the world's major arms exporter, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which has just published new data on international arms transfers.

Overall, the volume of international weapons transfers between 2005-2009 and 2010-2014 went up by 16 percent, according to an annual update of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, published on Monday.

WNU Editor: The Sipri report on global arms sales is here.

More News On The Global Arms Trade

US and Russia remain world’s biggest arms exporters – study -- RT
U.S. Remains Biggest Arms Exporter But Russia, China Gain -- Bloomberg
Sales of weapons to Gulf states up 70% over five years -- The Guardian
India becomes world’s largest arms importer in 2010-2014 — study -- ITAR-TASS
India becomes world’s largest arms importer in 2010-2014 — study -- RBTH
Pakistan tops list of Asian countries buying weapons from China: report -- Express Tribune
US Arms Industry Generates Massive Weapons Sales Globally -- Sputnik
US is major driver of global expansion in arms trade, report finds -- Al Jazeera
Europe's arms exports in free fall -- EU Observer

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