Arms trade
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The arms trade is a secretive, corrupt and highly profitable area of business.[1][2] Arms Dealers invariably have connections to intelligence agencies and operate with their protection, either covert or overt.
Arms deal
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The arms trade proceeds one arms deal at a time. This website lists some of the most infamous, including some which were nearly memory-holed, such as Arms for Libya and Arms for Libya 2.0.
Arms exporting nations
The US exports far more weapons than other nation states, although the other members of the UN Security council all export significant amounts of weapons.
| Rank | Company name | Defense Revenue (US$ billions) |
% of Total Revenue from Defense |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Country data USA Lockheed Martin | 44.9 | 88% |
| 2 | Template:Country data USA Boeing | 26.9 | 29% |
| 3 | Template:Country data USA Raytheon | 23.8 | 94% |
| 4 | Template:Country data UK BAE Systems | 22.9 | 98% |
| 5 | Template:Country data USA Northrop Grumman | 22.3 | 87% |
| 6 | Template:Country data USA General Dynamics | 19.4 | 63% |
| 7 | Template:Country data EU Airbus | 11.2 | 15% |
| 8 |  Thales Group
|
9.0 | 51% |
| 9 |  Leonardo
|
8.8 | 68% |
| 10 |  Almaz-Antey
|
8.5 | 94% |
Arms importing nations
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as cited on Wikipedia. Units are in Trend Indicator Values expressed as millions of U.S. dollars at 1990s prices.[4]
| Rank | Country | Arms Imports |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Country data India India | 2,799 |
| 2 | Template:Country data Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia | 2,466 |
| 3 |  Australia
|
1,658 |
| 4 | Template:Country data South Korea South Korea | 1,317 |
| 5 | Template:Country data Egypt Egypt | 1,311 |
| 6 | Template:Country data China China | 811 |
| 7 | Template:Country data Qatar Qatar | 783 |
| 8 | Template:Country data UK Great Britain | 764 |
| 9 | Template:Country data Pakistan Pakistan | 759 |
| 10 | Template:Country data Japan Japan | 724 |
Arms import rankings fluctuate heavily as countries enter and exit wars. Export data tend to be less volatile as exporters tend to be more technologically advanced and have stable production flows. 5-year moving averages present a much more accurate picture of import volume, free from yearly fluctuations.
Deep State dominance
International dealing in arms, like large scale drug trafficking, appears to be the exclusive preserve of affiliates of The Deep State.Template:Cn
References
- ↑ https://fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/IssueBrief3ArmsTrafficking.html
- ↑ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191231-israel-fuels-genocide-and-war-crimes-and-turns-blood-into-money-via-arms-sales/
- ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-edwinwilson-idUKBRE88M00P20120923
- ↑ https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers