US Sold $40 Billion in Weapons in 2015, Tops Global Arms Market
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ROK Marines test U.S. marine weapons. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
While the global arms trade declined overall, the biggest sellers of global weapons, the United States and France, saw an increase in sales.
With decades of imperialist meddling around the world and a culture defined by hyper-militarism, it’s no surprise the United States yet again topped the list of global weapons sales last year, signing deals worth about US$40 billion, according to a new congressional study.
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The report, “Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2008-2015,” prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, found that the United States was miles ahead of the world’s second-biggest weapons dealer, France, whic...