U.S. remains largest supplier to a shrinking arms market
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The US has maintained its status as the largest arms exporter in the world in 1997 even as the global arms market continues to shrink. According to an annual Congressional Research Service report authored by Richard F. Grimmett, the US led all arms suppliers in deliveries and new agreements for conventional weapons during the year. Worldwide arms sales agreements declined at the same time that deliveries increased. Developing countries were still the largest buyers of arms in 1997.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1998
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U.S. announces new arms sales to Middle East worth billions
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The US has announced arms deals worth over $5 billion, with several Middle Eastern countries. Sales to Egypt are worth $3.2 billion, with sales to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia of air-combat missiles. A proposed $2 billion sale of fighter planes to Israel has also been notified to Congress. Secretary of Defense William Cohen has also offered information sharing of US early-warning information on ballistic missile launches in the Middle East, with six Persian Gulf states.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1999
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