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| Pakistan topped list of arms purchasers in 2006 |
| 2007-10-02 |
| Pakistan ranked first among all developing world recipients in the value of arms transfer agreements in 2006, concluding $5.1 billion in such agreements, with India ranking second in agreements at $3.5 billion, according to a report issued by the Congressional Research Service on September 26. Arms transfer agreements with the top 10 developing world recipients, as a group, in 2006 totaled $22.2 billion or 77.1 percent of all such agreements with the developing world. India was the leading developing world arms purchaser from 1999-2006, making arms transfer agreements totaling $22.4 billion during these years (in current dollars). The total value of all arms transfer agreements with developing nations from 1999-2006 was $188.9 billion in current dollars. India alone accounted for 11.9 percent of all developing world arms transfer agreements during these eight years. This report is prepared annually to provide Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions. Developing nations, the report said, continue to be the primary focus of foreign arms sales activity by weapons suppliers. During the years 1999-2006, the value of arms transfer agreements with developing nations comprised 66.4 percent of all such agreements worldwide. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I think it is also very important to repeat john frum's vital observation that the vast majority of weapons being sold to Pakistan are not of any use in fighting terrorism but, instead, seem more suited for war with India. This is a tremendous disservice to Asia's largest and oldest democracy. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-02 14:21 |
| #2 We have nobody to blame but ourselves. It is as if Lend Lease had been set up for Hitler. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-02 08:18 |
| #1 They had to spend all that earthquake disaster relief money somewhere. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-02 05:47 |