Global arms sales continue to grow

STOCKHOLM: A report published Monday said the world's 100 largest arms dealers, excluding China, sold weapons and military services worth $411.1 billion dollars in 2010, a rise of one percent from 2009."Total arms sales ... maintained their upward trend in 2010, although at one percent in real terms, the increase was much slower than in 2009," the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement.In 2009, sales swelled by seven percent to 406 billion dollars."The data ... more

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