U.S. Remains Biggest Arms Exporter But Russia, China Gain
An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night.
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The U.S. maintained its lead as the top weapon exporter over the past five years even as Russian and Chinese exports increased more quickly, a Swedish research group said.
While German and French arms exports dropped, the volume of U.S. shipments abroad was 23 percent higher from 2010 to 2014 than in the previous five years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a study published Monday.