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> There's only four things Weaponry.

• saiya-jin 10y ago
  not as clear - many states prefer russian offers simply because it's cheaper per weapon, sometimes as good as US counterpart, sometimes even better (S-400 out of many examples). china will catch up soon too. one example - many americans still prefer AK-47 to AR-15, since ammo is much stronger for short and medium range combat, guns are simple, super cheap and never fail even without any maintenance. exact opposite of AR-15 system
• quanticle 10y ago
  That's not necessarily true. Excluding the obvious comparisons with Russian and Chinese weapons sales, France, Sweden, and Israel also have significant defense exports. America has a huge export market for weapons because America has a huge defense industry. Even a small percentage of that turning into export sales results in some pretty eye-popping numbers. I would be willing to bet that, as a proportion of their overall defense industries, French and Swedish export sales are much larger than America's.