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NEWS
Last Five Years Saw Major Increase in Worldwide Arms Transfers
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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its new data about international arms transfers. SIPRI says that its numbers "reflect" a "brewing arms race" in certain regions around the globe. The two areas SIPRI calls attention to are South America and South East Asia.
According to SIPRI, the average volume of worldwide arms transfers for 2005–2009 was up 22% over the previous five years. And between 2005 and 2009 the U.S. remained the world's largest exporter of military equipment, accounting for 30% of global arms exports.
You can access the entire SIPRI Arms Transfers Database here. It contains information about all transfers from seven categories of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the present day.
Posted by: Chef on Mar. 15, 2010 (12:33 pm EST)
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