Russia took the "silver" in the international arms market

The products of Russian military concerns are becoming more and more popular in the global arms market. By the number of sales, our country ranked second.

In 2017, sales of Russian weapons increased significantly. The growth was about 8.5%. In absolute numbers, this is $ 37.7 billion. In total, the share of products of our military concerns in the international arms market is now 9.5%. The first, of course, remains with the United States of America. And in the back of the head we breathe the UK.

Only one of the famous Russian military concerns "Almaz-Antey" over the past year has increased sales by 17%, ranking tenth in the ranking of a hundred military weapons of the world. Three more gave an increase of about 15%.

By the way, the largest manufacturers of weapons on our planet are still Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Their total sales - $ 18 billion over the past year.

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