We sell over $217 billion of arms to countries around the world every year and then we’re shocked when armed conflict breaks out around the globe. What a fucking joke. Spreading democracy at the point of a gun. The military industrial complex is alive and well. Eisenhower is spinning in his grave.
You will find more statistics at Statista
According to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, sales of the globe’s top 100 arms manufacturers amounted to just over $400 billion in 2014. The United States accounted for 54.4 percent of the world’s arms sales in 2014, followed by the United Kingdom and Russia. Seven out of the world’s top ten largest arms producing companies are American. Lockheed Martin leads the way, according to the report, with 2014 arms sales totaling $37.5 billion.
