Canada is World's 13th Largest Arms Dealer
A very informative article by Jeff Davis elaborates on finding (available on a blog here).
Reproduced below of some of the stats (Canada exports about 300-400 billion each year):
Top 10 Buyers of Canadian Military Equipment (2003-2006)
1. Saudi Arabia 431,325,000
2. United Kingdom 338,360,000
3. Australia 275,356,000
4. New Zealand 269,810,000
5. South Korea 100,921,000
6. France 54,350,000
7. Germany 46,215,000
8. Netherlands 37,930,000
9. Sweden 35,306,000
10. Norway 31,393,000
The World's Top Arms Exporters - Per cent share of global arms sales (2003-2008)
1. USA 31
2. Russia 25
3. Germany 10
4. France 8
5. UK 4
...
13. Canada 1
Canada's Top 10 Military Exports, by Category 2003-2006
1. Military Ground Vehicles and components 902,000,000
2. Aircraft and components 337,633,000
3. Large Guns (Cannons, mortars, etc) 284,040,000
4. Electronics (Radar jammers, computers etc.) 241,332,000
5. Optics (infrared and thermal imaging, cameras) 125,051,000
6. Naval ships and equipment 118,162,000
7. Military Technology (miscellaneous) 104,531,000
8. Ammunition, fuses, detonators 102,688,000
9. Fire Control Systems (sights, guidance computers) 98,425,000
10. Simulators 72,273,000
Reproduced below of some of the stats (Canada exports about 300-400 billion each year):
Top 10 Buyers of Canadian Military Equipment (2003-2006)
1. Saudi Arabia 431,325,000
2. United Kingdom 338,360,000
3. Australia 275,356,000
4. New Zealand 269,810,000
5. South Korea 100,921,000
6. France 54,350,000
7. Germany 46,215,000
8. Netherlands 37,930,000
9. Sweden 35,306,000
10. Norway 31,393,000
The World's Top Arms Exporters - Per cent share of global arms sales (2003-2008)
1. USA 31
2. Russia 25
3. Germany 10
4. France 8
5. UK 4
...
13. Canada 1
Canada's Top 10 Military Exports, by Category 2003-2006
1. Military Ground Vehicles and components 902,000,000
2. Aircraft and components 337,633,000
3. Large Guns (Cannons, mortars, etc) 284,040,000
4. Electronics (Radar jammers, computers etc.) 241,332,000
5. Optics (infrared and thermal imaging, cameras) 125,051,000
6. Naval ships and equipment 118,162,000
7. Military Technology (miscellaneous) 104,531,000
8. Ammunition, fuses, detonators 102,688,000
9. Fire Control Systems (sights, guidance computers) 98,425,000
10. Simulators 72,273,000
posted by That which is called Darren at 2:42 PM
1 Comments:
Yikes, didn't see that one coming. Whenever I think of arms dealing I always think of US. It never occured to me that we would on the list as well.
ECB
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