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According to the latest report from the Research Institute for International Peace in Stockholm, the United States continues to be the largest exporter of arms.

China is already the third largest arms exporter in the world. Although its share of the global total is only 5%, well below the 58% owned by the United States and Russia, that supply the most arms to international markets.

In the last five years, arms sales by China have grown 143% over the previous five years, according to the report released Monday by the Research Institute for International Peace in Stockholm.

Worldwide, the volume of the arms trade grew by 16% in the period between 2010 and 2014 compared to 2005-2009. The increased flow headed towards Asia, which garnered 48% of imports. Meanwhile, 22% went to the Middle East and about 10% to the Americas. Around 36% of all sales ended up in Europe.

United States remains as the largest exporter of conventional weapons, with 31% of the total after recording an increase in turnover of 23% in the last five years.

The US is the country with the most diversified portfolio, which includes 94 different client states. Of that total, South Korea seems to be the largest buyer with 9%.

Russia, America’s main rival in arms sales also increased its exports in 37% between 2010 and 2014. Russia is responsible for 27% of total exports, with India as its main buyer.

After China, the fourth and fifth on the list in global arms suppliers correspond to Germany and France, with 5% each. The UK has been left out of the list of the top five exporters.

Three countries whose borders are shared with India -Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma- account for 68% of Chinese-made weapons.

Pakistan is by far the best customer of the People’s Republic. The country to which Chinese diplomats like to describe as a “friend under any circumstances” purchases 41% of the weapons exports made by the Asian giant.

In its consolidation as a global supplier of weaponry, China sells arms to 38 countries of which 18 are African. For example, it has supplied three frigates to Algeria and drones to Nigeria. ANother important Chinese client is Venezuela, which has bought armored vehicles and aircraft for training and transport.

Despite its jump from nineth to third in the world, China asserts that “it is always prudent and responsible in its arms exports.” Beijing, according to a spokesman Hong Lei, “aims to improving the self-defense capability of the recipient country, not to harm peace and global or regional stability and definitely not to interference in the internal affairs of other countries “

Indeed, China, the country with the second largest military budget in the world, is in the process of modernizing and professionalizing its armed forces. Its military spending has increased more than 10% in the last five years.

In a sign of progress in its the defense industry, China has become less dependent on imports. If it was the largest buyer in the world in 2005-2009, China has now ceded that place to its regional military rival, India.

Between 2010 and 2014 China’s arms purchases fell 42% over the previous five years. Its main supplier was Russia, which provided 61% of all weapons bought by Beijing. France used to be responsible for 16%, and Ukraine for 13% of the total.

China, which has emphasized the modernization of its sea and air military forces, has traditionally suffered problems to produce its own engines for military aircraft. In the past five years, Beijing continued to import a large number of Russian and Ukrainian engines for combat aircraft, transport and training vehicles and warships.

According to the Research Institute for International Peace in Stockholm “most countries provide at least some information about their military expenditure, but this may often lack detail or omit significant items of extra-budgetary or off-budget expenditure,” declared the organization. “World military expenditure in 2013 totaled $1747 billion, around 2.4 per cent of world GDP.”

In its military expenditure database, the Swedish institution confirms that military expeditures have increased across the spectrum. All of the 172 nations that the organization follows on a yearly basis have spent more dollars in arms purchases since 1988. Nations have gone from spending around $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion in 2011.

In addition to being the country that exports more weapons, the United States is also the nation that spends the most money on military equipment; 37% of all military expenditures. China follows at a distant second with 11%.


Luis R. Miranda is an award-winning journalist and the founder and editor-in-chief at The Real Agenda. His career spans over 18 years and almost every form of news media. His articles include subjects such as environmentalism, Agenda 21, climate change, geopolitics, globalisation, health, vaccines, food safety, corporate control of governments, immigration and banking cartels, among others. Luis has worked as a news reporter, on-air personality for Live and Live-to-tape news programs. He has also worked as a script writer, producer and co-producer on broadcast news. Read more about Luis.

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      America Has Been At War 93% of the Time – 222 Out of 239 Years – Since 1776
      Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America’s wars, which reveals something quite interesting: since the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of existence.
      In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.
      To put this in perspective:
      * Pick any year since 1776 and there is about a 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year.
      * No U.S. president truly qualifies as a peacetime president. Instead, all U.S. presidents can technically be considered “war presidents.”
      * The U.S. has never gone a decade without war.
      * The only time the U.S. went five years without war (1935-40) was during the isolationist period of the Great Depression.
      * * *
      Here is the year-by-year timeline of America’s major wars:
      ****
      Year-by-year Timeline of America’s Major Wars (1776-2011)
      1776 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamagua Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1777 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1778 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1779 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1780 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1781 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1782 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1783 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
      1784 – Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War, Oconee War
      1785 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1786 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1787 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1788 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1789 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1790 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1791 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1792 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1793 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1794 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
      1795 – Northwest Indian War
      1796 – No major war
      1797 – No major war
      1798 – Quasi-War
      1799 – Quasi-War
      1800 – Quasi-War
      1801 – First Barbary War
      1802 – First Barbary War
      1803 – First Barbary War
      1804 – First Barbary War
      1805 – First Barbary War
      1806 – Sabine Expedition
      1807 – No major war
      1808 – No major war
      1809 – No major war
      1810 – U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida
      1811 – Tecumseh’s War
      1812 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Seminole Wars, U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida
      1813 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Peoria War, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in West Florida
      1814 – War of 1812, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in Florida, Anti-piracy war
      1815 – War of 1812, Second Barbary War, Anti-piracy war
      1816 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
      1817 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
      1818 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
      1819 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
      1820 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
      1821 – Anti-piracy war (see note above)
      1822 – Anti-piracy war (see note above)
      1823 – Anti-piracy war, Arikara War
      1824 – Anti-piracy war
      1825 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
      1826 – No major war
      1827 – Winnebago War
      1828 – No major war
      1829 – No major war
      1830 – No major war
      1831 – Sac and Fox Indian War
      1832 – Black Hawk War
      1833 – Cherokee Indian War
      1834 – Cherokee Indian War, Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign
      1835 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War
      1836 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Missouri-Iowa Border War
      1837 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Osage Indian War, Buckshot War
      1838 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Buckshot War, Heatherly Indian War
      1839 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars
      1840 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands
      1841 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade McKean Island, Gilbert Islands, and Samoa
      1842 – Seminole Wars
      1843 – U.S. forces clash with Chinese, U.S. troops invade African coast
      1844 – Texas-Indian Wars
      1845 – Texas-Indian Wars
      1846 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars
      1847 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars
      1848 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War
      1849 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
      1850 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, California Indian Wars, Pitt River Expedition
      1851 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars
      1852 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars
      1853 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, Walker War, California Indian Wars
      1854 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
      1855 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Yakima War, Winnas Expedition, Klickitat War, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay
      1856 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War
      1857 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua
      1858 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Paloos War, Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay
      1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown’s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1860 – Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War
      1861 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign
      1862 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,
      1863 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War
      1864 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War
      1865 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War
      1866 – Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Franklin County War, U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China
      1867 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan
      1868 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War
      1869 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
      1870 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
      1871 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea
      1872 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War
      1873 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1874 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1875 – Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1876 – Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1877 – Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1878 – Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1879 – Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1880 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1881 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1882 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1883 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1884 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1885 – Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1886 – Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1887 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1888 – U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1889 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1890 – Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1891 – Sioux Indian War, Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1892 – Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1893 – U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii
      1894 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1895 – U.S. forces invade Mexico, Bannock Indian Disturbances
      1896 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
      1897 – No major war
      1898 – Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake, Chippewa Indian Disturbances
      1899 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1900 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1901 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1902 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1903 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1904 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1905 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1906 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1907 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1908 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1909 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1910 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1911 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1912 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
      1913 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars, New Mexico Navajo War
      1914 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
      1915 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War
      1916 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
      1917 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico
      1918 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico
      1919 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
      1920 – Banana Wars
      1921 – Banana Wars
      1922 – Banana Wars
      1923 – Banana Wars, Posey War
      1924 – Banana Wars
      1925 – Banana Wars
      1926 – Banana Wars
      1927 – Banana Wars
      1928 – Banana Wars
      1930 – Banana Wars
      1931 – Banana Wars
      1932 – Banana Wars
      1933 – Banana Wars
      1934 – Banana Wars
      1935 – No major war
      1936 – No major war
      1937 – No major war
      1938 – No major war
      1939 – No major war
      1940 – No major war
      1941 – World War II
      1942 – World War II
      1943 – Wold War II
      1944 – World War II
      1945 – World War II
      1946 – Cold War (U.S. occupies the Philippines and South Korea)
      1947 – Cold War (U.S. occupies South Korea, U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists)
      1948 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)
      1949 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)
      1950 – Korean War, Jayuga Uprising
      1951 – Korean War
      1952 – Korean War
      1953 – Korean War
      1954 – Covert War in Guatemala
      1955 – Vietnam War
      1956 – Vietnam War
      1957 – Vietnam War
      1958 – Vietnam War
      1959 – Vietnam War, Conflict in Haiti
      1960 – Vietam War
      1961 – Vietnam War
      1962 – Vietnam War, Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis; U.S. marines fight Communists in Thailand)
      1963 – Vietnam War
      1964 – Vietnam War
      1965 – Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
      1966 – Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
      1967 – Vietnam War
      1968 – Vietnam War
      1969 – Vietnam War
      1970 – Vietnam War
      1971 – Vietnam War
      1972 – Vietnam War
      1973 – Vietnam War, U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War
      1974 – Vietnam War
      1975 – Vietnam War
      1976 – No major war
      1977 – No major war
      1978 – No major war
      1979 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)
      1980 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)
      1981 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), First Gulf of Sidra Incident
      1982 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon
      1983 – Cold War (Invasion of Grenada, CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon
      1984 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Persian Gulf
      1985 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)
      1986 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)
      1987 – Conflict in Persian Gulf
      1988 – Conflict in Persian Gulf, U.S. occupation of Panama
      1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, U.S. occupation of Panama, Conflict in Philippines
      1990 – First Gulf War, U.S. occupation of Panama
      1991 – First Gulf War
      1992 – Conflict in Iraq
      1993 – Conflict in Iraq
      1994 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti
      1995 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti, NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina
      1996 – Conflict in Iraq
      1997 – No major war
      1998 – Bombing of Iraq, Missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan
      1999 – Kosovo War
      2000 – No major war
      2001 – War on Terror in Afghanistan
      2002 – War on Terror in Afghanistan and Yemen
      2003 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Iraq
      2004 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2005 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2006 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2007 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen
      2008 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2009 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2010 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
      2011 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; Conflict in Libya (Libyan Civil War)
      In most of these wars, the U.S. was on the offense. Danios admits that some of the wars were defensive. However, Danios also leaves out covert CIA operations and other acts which could be considered war.
      Let’s update what’s happened since 2011:
      2012 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen
      2013 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen
      2014 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine
      2015 – War on Terror in Somalia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine
      So we can add 4 more years of war.
      That means that for 222 out of 239 years – or 93% of the time – America has been at war. (We can quibble with the exact numbers, but the high percentage of time that America has been at war is clear and unmistakable.)
      Indeed, most of the military operations launched since World War II have been launched by the U.S.
      And American military spending dwarfs the rest of the world put together.
      No wonder polls show that the world believes America is the number 1 threat to peace.
      Because you “Believing” ameriiiSCUM are WAR MONGERS Galore!!!!
      Mar 21, 2015, 2:02 am

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