RUSSIA, USA AND ITALY ARE LEADERS IN PRODUCING WEAPONS
By Petros Keshishian

AZG Armenian Daily
29/06/2006

The annual report of the Geneva Based International Research Institute
reveals that Russia, USA and Italy are world leaders in producing
weapons.

According to the report, Germany, Brazil and China are also among
the world leaders of weapon production. The report stated that
such countries like Singapore, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Iran, Israel and
China are engaged in trade of weapon. But these countries hide their
activities connected with the weapon trade.

USA, Cyprus and Germany are main exporters of firearms. Such unstable
countries as Iraq and Afghanistan also trade in firearms, getting
considerable assistance from USA and Europe.

According to the report, the world firearms illegal trade annual
turnover amounts to about $4 billion, while the legal trade turnover
totals to $1 billion.

But these data are approximate, as few countries publish definite
information about their firearms trade turnover.