Gravitas: The Pandemic didn't impact Global Arms Industry

The pandemic had no impact on Arms sale. The global arms industry grew by 1.3% in 2020. Top 100 arms manufacturers made $531 Billion. Which arms manufacturers are these? Which countries are they from? Palki Sharma has a report.

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[Legiion]

"Violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived." - Robert A. Heinlein

[Love_N_Let_Live]

I'm glad Taiwan and other US allies were part of those deals.

[makedredd]

Joe Talibiden’s new friends made the best weaponry profits in 2021. 🇦🇫

[harishpillai]

Demand met with supply.... Should have included top importer nations and reasons as well.

[Africanhorror]

Imagine if just 15% of that money was used to develop medicine or building factories or homes

[uppam]

Its obvious why the US needs to make more troubles for other countries.

[kel]

selling weapons just to do drills is just a waste of money 💰

[qwerty]

India spend 10trillion rupee fir security, ,, ya we Indian buy weapons, ,, I think Bharat spend 3 trillion on defence equipment, ,, seven trillion rupeee for salery pension, ,, I think 5% of gdp we spent on security, ,,
5trillion dollar means 350 lakh crore worldwide defence spending

[solinvictus]

As an American, I watch the decline in our infrastructure, family structure, job market, and society as a whole, and I have to ask- how can our government afford such extravagant military spending when American society is so obviously hurting?

Obviously, those in positions of power in this country are completely disconnected from those they mean to rule, and they are beholden to interests that have no concern for the American people.

[XxTrigerHappyxX]

Thanks china for fueling the reason for these sales

[chrisstrebor]

I wouldn't call it a sale giving the taliban half there equipment lmao

[niki]

Fear is the driving force beyond all these spended money on defence and vacinnes.

[rebeccaaldrich]

Funny, after India just bought tons of arms from Russia. 😆

[Peace-okxo]

Good old America, leading by example lol

[iamjavabuteedept]

the one who sells, lives everywhere but we ourselves are also buying a lot so no 1 sided news please

[catrush]

How much capable is Americas war machine "we shall find out it soon enough" -me on goosebump🙊... Okey, i also want to see how this weapons would punish its target😁

[mohammedkashem]

Don't only blame global arms manufacturers only, see the Global report of September 2021:
"The largest importer of major arms between 2016 and 2021, Saudi Arabia, accounted for 11 percent of the global market. India followed with 9.5 percent of the market share".
So the countries who were importing the arms from their tax payer's money were equally guilty.
Especially for a country like India, which could improve its citizen's life by spending the money on health care, education, creation of jobs, etc. Look at the UNO report on India:
"India has not counted its poor since 2011".
"But the United Nations estimated the number of poor in the country to be 364 million (over 36 crores, more than the entire population of Pakistan & Bangladesh combined) in 2019 or 28 percent of the population. All the estimated new poor due to the pandemic is in addition to this".

"Also, as estimates point out, millions in urban areas have also slipped below the poverty line. Even the middle class has shrunk by a third, says Pew Center’s estimate".
"Overall, cutting across the population and geographical segments, millions of Indians have either become poorer, or poor or on the brink of becoming poor."
So don't blame only US & China.

[EwaRiro]

😂😂🤣...we're all in this together, ain't it?!

[jeyaseelanjeyaram]

It’s so sad to hear arms sales flourish when millions die without food.Where is humanity. Why mankind turning to evil.. some countries boast about humanity while making lethal weapons behind the screen.karma wins ultimately. Wait and see

[hilaryquinlan]

Why do we need more arms if we are seeking peace ✌