By Markus HeinrichRemember the “peace dividend”? The world, it seems, can never have enough weapons.
The global arms trade has reached its highest point since the end of the Cold War.
According to the Swedish-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) – which provides authoritative data on global arms production and trade – more weapon systems were delivered between 2012 and 2016 than in any five-year period since 1990.
These figures are corroborated by the bustling defense sector. International defense exhibitions such as the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition DSEI, the International Defence Exhibition IDEX and the Eurosatory arms fair …read more
Source: The Globalist
