Who
are the world’s biggest arms dealers? A new report from the US Congress can
help you to find out. According to "Conventional
Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004" , the USA and Russia
still top the list of conventional arms suppliers, with China and India leading
the list of purchasers.
Britain
ranked third in the list of arms sellers in 2004, whilst Israel jumped to fifth
place in the list.
One
of the report’s major findings is that nearly 22 billion dollars in new arms
agreements were signed between developed and developing countries last year, a
sharp increase over the 15.1 billion of the previous year.
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