Arms Race

Russia overtakes UK and France in global arms spending league table

April 16, 2012

Source: Guardian Global spending on weapons totals more than $1.7tn (£1tn), and Russia has overtaken Britain and France to take third place in the world league table, according to the latest figures released by a leading research body on Tuesday. While military expenditure fell last year in most western countries, including the US, which is [...]

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