Arms imports jumped 93% in 2022 compared to the year before. Read more at straitstimes.com.
which has become the world’s third-largest destination, researchers said on Monday.
Among them were some 230 artillery pieces from the US; 280 Polish armoured vehicles; and more than 7,000 British anti-tank missiles, as well as more newly produced pieces such as anti-aircraft systems, SIPRI said.In its rankings of the global arms trade, the institute uses its own units of value, rather than dollars or euros.
There was a marked drop in Africa and in North and South America , and declines as well as Asia and the Middle East .
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