DefenceTalkSales of arms and military services by the largest arms-producing companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totaled $395 billion in 2012 according to new data on international arms production launched today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) at the Munich Security Conference. This result represents a 4.2 per cent decrease in real terms compared to the companies […]https://www.defencetalk.com/2012-world-arms-sales-down-4-report-50226/

DefenceTalkThree of the world’s nuclear powers — China, India and Pakistan — have increased their arsenals over the past year, while the other five have cut their strength or kept it stable, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday. China now has 250 nuclear warheads against 240 in 2012, while Pakistan has increased its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-india-pakistan-boost-nuclear-arsenals-study-48008/

DefenceTalkFor the first time since the mid-1990s, sales of the 100 biggest arms dealers excluding China declined in 2011 as the economic crisis prompted budget cuts, a Stockholm-based think tank said on Monday. The 100 companies’ total sales declined, including inflation, by five percent from the previous year, the first time a drop has been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/crisis-hit-arms-market-shrinks-first-time-since-1994-sipri-46857/