India Top
Arms Importer (2011-2012)
India has
topped a rating of the world’s largest heavy arms importers, released by the
independent Stockholm International Peace Research institute (SIPRI),
researching into conflicts, arms control and disarmament.
India is
the world’s largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan
and China are tied in third place.
According
to the report, India accounted for 10 per cent to global arms imports between
2007 and 2011. Among the most significant contracts signed by India is the
purchase of 120 Russian Su-300MK (Rising to 271) multirole combat aircraft, 29
Mig-29Ks and 20 British Jaguar fighters.
The top
five arms importers include states in Asia and Oceania; India, South Korea ,
Pakistan, china and Singapore, which account for 30 per cent
of all imports of major conventional weapons between 2007 and 2011.
The United
States and Russia were named the key arms suppliers that accounted for 30 and
24 percent of all exports respectively.
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