10 Largest Arms Exporters
Published on June 30, 2007 - 14 Comments
This is a list of the world nations that export the most military arms. It is based on statistical data for the period 1998-2002. The values are in $ millions (US).
1. USA (37,723)
2. Russia (20,741)
3. France (8,312)
4. Germany (4,954)
5. UK (4,811)
6. Ukraine (2,673)
7. Italy (1,787)
8. China (1,561)
9. Netherlands (1,520)
10. Belarus (1,142)
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1. Daniel Bonnici - July 12th, 2007 at 12:11 am
I can hardly wait for Russia to finish building the AK-47 manufacturing facility in Venezuela…
2. DOOOMKULTUS - July 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
LOL you seem anxious to get one it seems
3. fredlester - February 6th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I think the list misrepresents reality. U.S. weapon systems cost far more money than Russian equipment. When it comes to gross tonnage or sheer number of weapons and support systems, the U.S., France, Italy, Germany, and the U.K. are not even in the same solar system compared to Russia, China and the Ukraine. Ever look at a grendadier in the middle east, africa, or asia. Ever look at a guerrilla in any of those regions? AKM (ak 47 is old model they stopped producing them in late 50’s) T55, T54, MIG’s, YAK’s, RPG-7’s are everywhere. No one likes weapons from the west; too expensive, require a brain to operate and the support costs are outrageous.
4. BurnPianoIslandBurn - March 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Makes me proud to know that the US is the leading cause of global death.
5. Amanda - April 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
lol… no offense meant, but you were right Jamie. This was rather feeble compared to the awesome lists you do now.
6. rulexs - April 7th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Makes me proud to know that the US is the leading cause of global death…….. LOL!
7. WarningDontReadThis - July 1st, 2008 at 3:00 am
hahahahaha.
This is a joke compared to the other lists.
but a good laugh though.
8. jfrater - July 1st, 2008 at 3:02 am
This list is the shame of listverse - but I leave it on as a reminder of what NOT to do when writing future lists
9. Tempyra - July 1st, 2008 at 3:13 am
Listverse has indeed come a long way
10. Tay1074 - July 1st, 2008 at 10:37 am
wow….such a long way in list building.
11. Phillies - July 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
greatest list ever*
*sarcasm
12. shamzahm - July 1st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Nice short list.
13. Gecko - July 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Well, it’s technically as good as any other list, minus the details and awesome pictures. It’s just… to the point.
14. Brian Moo - July 4th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I remember this list. Good times.