THE WORLD'S MAJOR WEAPONS EXPORTERS IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS CONCLUDED IN 2008 AND IN THE 2004-2008 FIVE-YEAR PERIOD

摘要

It seems not quite logical to sum up the performance of the world's major weapons exporters in terms of contracts concluded only in 2008, disregarding the work during the entirernplace), France (USS 36.098 billion, 3rd place), Germany (USS 23.625 billion, 4th place), the UK (USS 18.849 billion, 5thh place), Israel (USS 11.953 billion, 6th place), Spain (USS 10.198 billion, 7th place), Italy (USS 9.029 billion, 8th place), Canada (USS 7.384 billion, 9th place), Sweden (USS 5.859 billion, 10th place), the Netherlands (USS 5.33 billion, 11th place), and China (USS 4.078 billion, 12th place).rnIn order to maintain the accepted pattern, the subsequent study of performance in 2008 the countries are arranged based on their rating in the entire 2004-2008 period, i.e. the USA, Russia, France, Germany, the UK, Israel, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands and China.