NEW DELHI — Global arms sales over the last five years reached their highest level since 1990, with India continuing to top the charts as the world’s largest defense importer, a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has found. Between 2012 and 2016, India accounted for 13 percent of global arms imports, followed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, China and Algeria, said SIPRI, which tracks global arms purchases.
Comment on Global movement of arms at post-Cold War peak
Iain Marlow, Bloomberg News, The Columbian
Mon, 02/20/2017 - 6:38pm
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