Which countries does Britain sell weapons to? BBC News

As controversy surrounds sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the BBC examines the UK's trade in arms.

[Kratos-]

STOP SELLING SAUDI WEAPONS NOW!!! HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEYRE DOING IN YEMEN???

[gollypo]

How do Saudi Arabia not contravene the stipulation about Human Rights violations?

[dustintacohands]

make no mistake Saudi Arabia may act like our friend but they will never be.

[jakegamesnake]

lol pretending to have principles. all that shit goes out the window when you're dependent on another country for oil.

[curtiscarpenter]

You think why doesnt the UK have a specific per nation and change it via agreement with that nation?

[asnowman]

Time to sell the weapons to the British people with grandparents born in the United kingdom instead.

[persian]

Selling weapon is against humanity. But who cares

[philippstriegl]

Selling weapons in crisis regions is a big crime.

[lizab]

My fellow Americans are you done being silent . Wtf are we the people going to do about this. I'm not a terrorist. I'm tired of being the bad guy !

[Megumi_Bandicoot]

00:52 Brace yourselves. This comment section will be more saltier than the Dead Sea...

[Amirix]

you make it sound like.. you dont know your weapons are being used.

[kotalecs]

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[iaGDION]

Wow, guess we just need to ban guns globally. Be more tolerant guys, oh, and let every 'refugee' live with you for free at the same time. Peaceful times ahead.

[oskahuxley]

Has anyone seen 'Lord of war'? There is a fantastic part in that film where the Nicolas Cage (I know) character explains that we are not responsible for what they do with the weapons. We all know that countries will find the weapons somewhere else so why not make money out of an inevitability. Also it presumably finances innovation in our own armed forces. Horrible things will happen regardless of whether we are a player or not. I would much rather live in a country that sells weapons for our own benefit than one that doesn't for moral and ethical reasons. I'm not saying at all that the events using British weapons are a good thing, I'm just saying it's going to happen anyway.