The World's 10 Largest Military Exporters

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Combined arms sales from the world’s top 100 companies totaled 290 billion dollars for 2005. Some 40 of the largest exporters are based in the US, according to a Stockholm peace institute. ~snip~

Of the importing countries, China and India were the largest, along with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

In the report, SIPRI examined 100 top defense companies, 40 of which are based in the US and account for 63 percent of global arms sales. The 32 European companies included in the report had a 29-percent share while nine in Russia pulled in 2 percent of sales.

Here is a list of the 10 largest arms exporting countries in terms of billions of dollars in sales. ~snip~

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