Post Tagged with: "US Arms Sale"

A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales

A Hall of Shame of U.S. Weapons Sales

Here’s a seldom commented-upon reality of this century and this moment: the United States remains the number-one arms-exporting nation on the planet. Between 2017 and 2021, it grabbed 39% of the total global weapons market and there’s nothing new about that. It has, in fact, been the top arms dealer in every year but one for the past three decades. And it’s a remarkably[Read More…]

by — 18/11/2022 — Comments are Disabled — Imperialism
Biden administration agrees arms sales to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to counter China’s growing influence

Biden administration agrees arms sales to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to counter China’s growing influence

Just a few weeks after US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, aimed at shoring up relations with the murderous regime, his administration has approved two massive arms sales worth more than $5 billion to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It follows $650 million in air-to-air missiles sent to Riyadh in November 2021 for its criminal[Read More…]

by — 19/08/2022 — Comments are Disabled — World
Arms Sales: What We Know About Bombs Being Dropped in Our Name

Arms Sales: What We Know About Bombs Being Dropped in Our Name

At some point before the summer of 2018, an arms deal from the US to Saudi Arabia was sealed and delivered. A 227kg laser-guided bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of many thousands, was part of that sale. On August 9th, 2018 one of those Lockheed Martin bombs was dropped on a school bus full of Yemeni children. They were[Read More…]

by — 09/06/2021 — Comments are Disabled — Imperialism
America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)

America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)

When it comes to trade in the tools of death and destruction, no one tops the United States of America. In April of this year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its annual analysis of trends in global arms sales and the winner — as always — was the U.S. of A. Between 2016 and 2020, this country accounted for[Read More…]

by — 25/05/2021 — Comments are Disabled — World