RWER Blog — The 15 largest arms exporters

RWER Blog
The 15 largest arms exporters per capita

Heather Timmons — Pope Francis calls out the $400 billion global arms business as the “the industry of death”

According to the Italian news agency AGI, the Pope said:

"Some powerful people make their living with the production of arms and sell them to one country for them to use against another country … It’s the industry of death, the greed that harms us all, the desire to have more money."

"War is waged," the Pope went on, “in order to defend money. This is why some people don’t want peace: they make more money from war, although wars make money but lose lives, health, education.” The devil, he added, “enters through our wallets.”

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Pope Francis calls out the $400 billion global arms business as the “the industry of death”

Heather Timmons

Russia Beyond the Headlines — Russian arms exports grow approx $1 billion year-on-year

Russian arms exports are growing year after year and the country steadily ranks as the world's second arms exporter after the United States, Federal Service for Military-Technological Cooperation (FSMTC) Director Alexander Fomin told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Russian arms exports grow approx $1 billion year-on-year