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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry
|image=Arms trade ares.jpg
|perpetrators=Supranational Deep State
|constitutes=Industry
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The '''arms trade''' is a secretive, corrupt and highly profitable area of business.<ref>https://fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/IssueBrief3ArmsTrafficking.html</ref><ref>https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191231-israel-fuels-genocide-and-war-crimes-and-turns-blood-into-money-via-arms-sales/</ref> [[Arms Dealer]]s invariably have connections to [[intelligence agencies]] and operate with their protection, either covert or overt.

==Arms deal==
See also:
{{FA|Arms deal}}
==Arms exporting nations==
The [[US]] exports far more weapons than other nation states, although the other members of the [[UN Security council]] all export significant amounts of weapons.
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! | Rank
! | Company name
! | Defense Revenue<br>(US$ billions)
! % of Total Revenue<br> from Defense
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lockheed Martin]]
| 44.9
| 88%
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Boeing]]
| 26.9
| 29%
|-
| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raytheon]]
| 23.8
| 94%
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[BAE Systems]]
| 22.9
| 98%
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Northrop Grumman]]
| 22.3
| 87%
|-
| 6
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[General Dynamics]]
| 19.4
| 63%
|-
| 7
| {{flagicon|EU}} [[Airbus]]
| 11.2
| 15%
|-
| 8
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Thales Group]]
| 9.0
| 51%
|-
| 9
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Leonardo S.p.A.|Leonardo]]
| 8.8
| 68%
|-
| 10
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Almaz-Antey]]
|8.5
|94%
|-
|-
|}

==Arms importing nations==
According to the [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]], as cited on [[Wikipedia]]. Units are in Trend Indicator Values expressed as millions of U.S. dollars at 1990s prices.<ref>https://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! | Rank
! | Country
! | Arms Imports
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| 2,799
|-
| 2
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
| 2,466
|-
| 3
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
| 1,658
|-
| 4
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[South Korea]]
| 1,317
|-
| 5
| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt]]
| 1,311
|-
| 6
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China]]
| 811
|-
| 7
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar]]
| 783
|-
| 8
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Great Britain]]
| 764
|-
| 9
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]
| 759
|-
| 10
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]]
| 724
|-
|-
|}

Arms import rankings fluctuate heavily as countries enter and exit wars. Export data tend to be less volatile as exporters tend to be more technologically advanced and have stable production flows. 5-year moving averages present a much more accurate picture of import volume, free from yearly fluctuations.

==Deep State dominance==
International dealing in arms, like large scale [[drug trafficking]], appears to be the exclusive preserve of affiliates of [[The Deep State]].{{cn}}

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