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U.S. global arms sales surge; China emerges as top-tier supplier
By Carlo Muñoz
The sale of American-made weapons to the global community is surging ahead, with the United States controlling nearly one-third of all military-grade arms and equipment fielded by international forces, according to new analysis of the international arms market.
During a four-year period beginning in 2012, American weapons manufacturers increased their overseas sales by 21 percent, compared to sales figures during a previous four-year cycle starting in 2007, analysts at the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said Monday.
“The USA supplies major arms to at least 100 countries around the world — significantly more than any other supplier state’, said Dr. Aude Fleurant, director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.
“Both advanced strike aircraft with cruise missiles and other precision-guided munitions and the latest generation air and missile defence systems account for a significant share of US arms exports,” Dr. Fleuant said in a statement accompanying the report.
China boosted its international sales percentages from 3.8 percent of the market from 2007 to 2011, to 6.2 percent of the world market from 2012 to 2016, the report states.
This uptick has firmly secured Beijing’s role as “a top-tier supplier” of weapons and equipment to international militaries, putting China on par with military defense firms in France and Germany, analysts say.
Russian-based defense firms accounted for just over 23 percent of all global arms sales during the same four-year period, analysts say.
News of Washington’s position as the top armorer for the word’s armies comes months after a dire Pentagon assessment of it’s own foreign weapons program.
The Pentagon sold over $33 billion in military-grade weapons, materiel and equipment to partner nations across the globe in 2016, which is $13 billion less than what the United States had sold in the previous years, according to a Defense Department report in November.
Of the $33.6 billion tallied by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Pentagon directorate overseeing the department’s financial interactions with international allies, in 2016 roughly $25.7 billion came directly from weapon sales to partner countries.
In 2015, the Pentagon racked up $35.3 billion in weapon sales alone, excluding the non-procurement efforts from the agency’s programs, which garnered the Pentagon a total of $11.7 billion that year.
However the agency’s three to five year economic forecast of its foreign weapons sales did sync up with Monday’s SIPRI report. Beginning in 2014, “you can see the continuing, growing sales-trend over the last decade,” agency Director Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey said in November.
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India is world’s largest arms importer: SIPRI
India was the world’s largest importer of major arms in the last five years and its overseas procurement was far greater than that of China and Pakistan, a Stockholm-based think-tank said on Monday.
As per latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India accounted for 13% of the total global arms import between 2012–16 which is highest among all the countries.
The report said while China was increasingly able to substitute arms imports with indigenous products, India remained dependent on weapons technology from Russia, the US, Europe, Israel and South Korea.
“India was the world’s largest importer of major arms in 2012–16, accounting for 13 per cent of the global total,” the leading think-tank said.
It said India increased its arms imports by 43% between 2007–11 and 2012–16 and in the last four years its global procurement was far greater than those of its regional rivals China and Pakistan.
In the last five years, the report found that trade of major weapons has increased to its highest volume since the Cold War, triggered mainly by sudden spurt in demand from Middle East and Asia.
Saudi Arabia was the second largest arms importer in 2012-16, with an increase of 212% compared with 2007–11. Arms imports by Qatar went up by 245%.
According to the report, Russia accounted for a 23% share of global exports in the period 2012–16 and 70% of its arms exports went to India, Vietnam, China and Algeria.
The US was the top arms exporter in 2012–16 with a one- third share of global arms exports and its supplies rose by 21% compared with 2007–11. Almost half of its arms exports went to the Middle East, said the report.
The report said China’s share of global arms exports rose from 3.8 to 6.2% between 2007–11 and 2012–16.
“It is now firmly a top-tier supplier, like France and Germany which accounted for 6% and 5.6%, respectively,” said the think-tank.
U.S. global arms sales surge; China emerges as top-tier supplier
By Carlo Muñoz
The sale of American-made weapons to the global community is surging ahead, with the United States controlling nearly one-third of all military-grade arms and equipment fielded by international forces, according to new analysis of the international arms market.
During a four-year period beginning in 2012, American weapons manufacturers increased their overseas sales by 21 percent, compared to sales figures during a previous four-year cycle starting in 2007, analysts at the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said Monday.
“The USA supplies major arms to at least 100 countries around the world — significantly more than any other supplier state’, said Dr. Aude Fleurant, director of the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.
“Both advanced strike aircraft with cruise missiles and other precision-guided munitions and the latest generation air and missile defence systems account for a significant share of US arms exports,” Dr. Fleuant said in a statement accompanying the report.
China boosted its international sales percentages from 3.8 percent of the market from 2007 to 2011, to 6.2 percent of the world market from 2012 to 2016, the report states.
This uptick has firmly secured Beijing’s role as “a top-tier supplier” of weapons and equipment to international militaries, putting China on par with military defense firms in France and Germany, analysts say.
Russian-based defense firms accounted for just over 23 percent of all global arms sales during the same four-year period, analysts say.
News of Washington’s position as the top armorer for the word’s armies comes months after a dire Pentagon assessment of it’s own foreign weapons program.
The Pentagon sold over $33 billion in military-grade weapons, materiel and equipment to partner nations across the globe in 2016, which is $13 billion less than what the United States had sold in the previous years, according to a Defense Department report in November.
Of the $33.6 billion tallied by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Pentagon directorate overseeing the department’s financial interactions with international allies, in 2016 roughly $25.7 billion came directly from weapon sales to partner countries.
In 2015, the Pentagon racked up $35.3 billion in weapon sales alone, excluding the non-procurement efforts from the agency’s programs, which garnered the Pentagon a total of $11.7 billion that year.
However the agency’s three to five year economic forecast of its foreign weapons sales did sync up with Monday’s SIPRI report. Beginning in 2014, “you can see the continuing, growing sales-trend over the last decade,” agency Director Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey said in November.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...orter-sipri/story-Ahi6LhqR7WcZStOyDuIRKL.html
India is world’s largest arms importer: SIPRI
India was the world’s largest importer of major arms in the last five years and its overseas procurement was far greater than that of China and Pakistan, a Stockholm-based think-tank said on Monday.
As per latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India accounted for 13% of the total global arms import between 2012–16 which is highest among all the countries.
The report said while China was increasingly able to substitute arms imports with indigenous products, India remained dependent on weapons technology from Russia, the US, Europe, Israel and South Korea.
“India was the world’s largest importer of major arms in 2012–16, accounting for 13 per cent of the global total,” the leading think-tank said.
It said India increased its arms imports by 43% between 2007–11 and 2012–16 and in the last four years its global procurement was far greater than those of its regional rivals China and Pakistan.
In the last five years, the report found that trade of major weapons has increased to its highest volume since the Cold War, triggered mainly by sudden spurt in demand from Middle East and Asia.
Saudi Arabia was the second largest arms importer in 2012-16, with an increase of 212% compared with 2007–11. Arms imports by Qatar went up by 245%.
According to the report, Russia accounted for a 23% share of global exports in the period 2012–16 and 70% of its arms exports went to India, Vietnam, China and Algeria.
The US was the top arms exporter in 2012–16 with a one- third share of global arms exports and its supplies rose by 21% compared with 2007–11. Almost half of its arms exports went to the Middle East, said the report.
The report said China’s share of global arms exports rose from 3.8 to 6.2% between 2007–11 and 2012–16.
“It is now firmly a top-tier supplier, like France and Germany which accounted for 6% and 5.6%, respectively,” said the think-tank.
