Arms market

My weapon is prayer more moves. Mahatma Gandhi

To the extent that countries have been developed, many of them, have been assembling, buying all kinds of lethal weapons for its defense, the countries benefiting economically manufacturers to obtain major currencies in the sale of war material, generating large gains that have helped in its economy, and also making the purchasing countries, many of them become dependent on the acquisition of these products or to exchange them with other benefits.

At about the scope, impact generated by this type of business, gives us pepoladas.over-blog.es, that the United States and the Soviet Union created the main supply of armaments in the world, by providing "generous" to various sides in to influence their war games geopolíticos.Tras the end of the Cold War, the weapons were in the hands of semi-legal exports from producing countries such as France, UK, China, Czech Republic, Spain or Israel.Lo crucial in this business is the end user , whom the international agreements or geopolitical considerations prohibit a certain type of armamento.En some cases suffering a seizure states (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Bosnia or Serbia). In others they are guerrilla groups, factions of a civil war, terrorist groups or organizations criminales.Según the UN: "Regardless of who the end user, the sale of arms has three characteristics: it is a hidden activity, much of the cost is relates to the nature of the transaction and the money resulting from the operation is bleached. "

He says, pepoladas.over-blog.es. Besides that pharmaceutical marketing, legal trade more profitable at present is that of arms.

Globally, the legal trade in light weapons worth more than 6,000 million dollars per year and less than half of the exporting countries reported on their sales.

Light weapons cause 90% of casualties in armed conflict at a rate of at least 140 deaths per hour.

There are an estimated 640 million guns circulating in the world.

Approximately 50% of this arsenal is in the hands of civilians: more than 378 million guns. The rest we have the government armed forces (about 39%), police, or non-governmental actors.

Are produced every year 8 million and 16,000 million bullets: 2 for every man, woman, child on the planet.

Figures for manufacturing countries:

USA (14 billion dollars),

Great Britain (almost 5 billion dollars),

Russia (3 million in 1500 dollars)

France (3 million in 1500 dollars)

China (500 million dollars).

In total export 80% of the weapons on the planet.

The buyer countries are:

North? Africa (1200 $ million)

? Africa (900 million $)

? Sia (800 million $) and

Latin America (700 million $).

We also supplies relevant information as it is, in a report by Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a Washington-based group that monitors military spending, only 20 major providers received more than 40% of the arms contracts estadounidense.A federal government-enterprise level according to the report Project on Government Oversight, the consortia that benefit first from this multibillion-dollar Lockheed Martin include the aerospace giant Boeing, Northrop Grumman, the Air Force contractor, Raytheon, and General Dynamics.

The main arms manufacturing companies have been privatized following the maxim to increase profits as sea.Es a powerful organization with a budget estimated at $ 20 million that is active in election campaigns.

Along with the late Charlton Heston and Sarah Palin as banners, Chinese, Russian and Indian make up a granite block.

While the United States (U.S.) criticizes non-allied countries to get arms to defend their sovereignty, Washington sells about 75 percent of the weapons produced in the world, more than 200 countries and organizations are still unknown.

The U.S. military industry is so lucrative that in 2009, this country has achieved revenues in excess of 40 billion dollars from the sale of weapons.

eldiariointernacional.com other hand gives us that last year, Russia became the first position in the world in arms exports to developing countries, by signing the respective agreements of $ 7.1 billion. data are given in the report "Supply classic weapons developing countries between 1998 and 2005" prepared by the U.S. Congress. In this paper, fragments quoted and commented on The New York Times, stated that Moscow left behind Washington, which is in third place (6.2 billion dollars). In the second figure Paris, with 6.3 billion dollars, according to the U.S. Congress. The U.S. has lost considerable market share, states the report. The transaction volume of arms exports to developing countries was signed by Washington 9.4 billion dollars, Russia, provided that year by 5.4 billion, while today it has the advantage of 1 billion .

Do not forget that the U.S. supplied weapons and even imposes on NATO, which is closed off access to Russian war material (up to the States of the former Warsaw Pact). This is done under various pretexts, "mismatch between the fundamental parameters, gauges, control and communications systems ...", which does not stand any criticism. For example, in Greece all air defense systems are made in Russia, and there would be no problems with communications systems and control. But not all states are capable of resisting the push by Washington and its threats to impose sanctions, deny credit or help ...

Important also in the arms business, take into account everything about the black market, the illegal profits also yields substantial, topic to be discussed in another paper.