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South Asia and the Gulf lead rising trend in arms imports, Russian exports grow, says SIPRI

(Stockholm, 17 March 2014) India’s arms imports are now almost 3 times as high as those of the second and third largest arms importers—China and Pakistan—according to new data on international arms transfers published today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Overall, the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons grew by 14 …