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World Military Expenditure Hits New Record of $2,240 Billion in 2022
2023-04-27 Read More...
Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2,240 billion. Military expenditure in Europe saw its steepest year-on-year increase in at least 30 years. The three largest spenders in

World’s 10 Largest Defense Companies
2020-01-07 Read More...
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released its latest overview of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies, finding that their sales increased 4.6% last year. In total, global weapons

Russia Exits Top 5 Military Spenders for First Time Since 2006
2019-04-30 Read More...
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) ranked Russia sixth in the 2018 annual update of the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database published on

Middle East Arms Imports Almost Double in Past 5 Years
2019-03-14 Read More...
The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2014-2018 was 7.8% higher than in 2009-2013 and 23% higher than in 2004-2008, according to new data on arms transfers published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Russia Ranks Second Among World’s Arms Producers
2018-12-11 Read More...
the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement on Monday that sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing companies continued to grow in

Qatar’s Chief of Staff Meets Omani, French Military Officials
2016-09-07 Read More...
Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem (photo) separately met in Doha with Brigadier Hamad bin Rashid al-Balushi, Assistant SAF Chief of Staff for Operations and Planning in the Sultanate of Oman

Saudi Arabia Ranks 3rd Globally in Defense Spending in 2015
2016-04-12 Read More...
Global military spending reached almost $1.68 trillion in 2015, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time since 2011, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which tracks arms expenditure around the

Saudi Arabia’s Defense Spending Exceeds $80 Billion in 2014
2015-04-17 Read More...
Saudi Arabia's military spending grew 17% in 2014 to $80.8 billion, data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed on Monday, the biggest annual hike by any of the world's top 15 military spenders.

World Military Expenditures Fall amid Economic Crisis
2013-04-23 Read More...
World military expenditures totaled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5% in real terms year-on-year for the first time since 1998, according to data released last week by a Sweden-based security

China Displaces UK as 5th Arms Exporter
2013-03-21 Read More...
China has become the world’s fifth largest exporter of major conventional arms, replacing the United Kingdom, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report earlier this

Syrian Arms Imports Surge in 2007-2011
2012-03-19 Read More...
A new report on conventional arms transfers shows Syria imported nearly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72% of the arms

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