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Data on Arms Sales

December 11 , 2021 877 days 635 0
  • The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released new data on Arms Sales.
  • As per SIPRI data, the arms industry appears not to have been too highly affected due to the pandemic in 2020.
  • The sale has increased by 1.3 percent as compared to 2019.
  • As per SIPRI, 2020 marked the sixth consecutive year of growth in arms sales by 100 largest companies of the arms industry.
  • It was because sales were 17 percent higher as compared to in 2015 when SIPRI first included data on Chinese firms.
  • According to SIPRI, the United States has the highest number of companies featured among the top 100 in arms sales.
  • The US is followed by the top Chinese firms.

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