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the first two years, whether in the whirlpool of the global financial crisis, or in a difficult global economic recovery, the global arms business year after year are the fire. Stockholm Peace Research Institute recently issued a report, in recent years, annual global arms trade to accelerate growth, while the United States and Russia is the biggest winner.

Russian President “pile up” visit to India

According to the report’s statistics, the seller, the 2009 U.S. foreign arms exports reached 38.1 billion dollars, a new year high, continues to dominate the world’s largest. Ranked second in the world is Russia, because of excellent performance and low cost of weapons, in 2009 sales of $ 10.4 billion.

in buyers, Asian buyers accounted for 90% of global share. In recent years, India is one of Asia’s main buyer, the seller Buy all possible advanced warships, submarines, fighter planes, tanks and other weaponry, and constantly check out the arms purchase orders. This led to the coveted international arms dealers, the United States, Europe and Russia are trying to fight the Indian market, in order to get orders even at the transfer of some advanced technology to India. Obama’s visit to India and is expected to reach a huge amount of arms trading, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in December this year will also be carrying arms large single visit to India. According to Russian media reports, Medvedev’s visit to India when the two sides will formally sign the fifth-generation fighter R & D agreement, Russia will in the next 10 years to deliver 250-300 India’s fifth-generation fighters and 45 military transport aircraft. United States, “World Politics Review,” the analysis said, the Indian military procurement market, Russia has obviously felt the pressure from the U.S., Russia race to come up with the competition for the Indian market, advanced equipment, the future will become more competitive.

launched the Middle East market, “melee”

Middle East, the United States and Russia continue to “fight” another sales market. Major U.S. to Israel and Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, the sale of arms, but Iran, Syria is the main user of Russian weapons.

US-Russian arms sales to Middle Eastern countries, just to make money, there is a strategic interest and influence into account. November 3, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranian state television, said: “Some people have been the influence of Satan, they believe that Iran will unilaterally stop or illegal because they cancel defense contracts signed with our compromised.” Some analysts said that even though Ahmadinejad did not directly point out the name, but obviously should refer to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his government.

between Russia and the Iraqi air defense missile system S-300 contract signed in 2007. But in June this year announced the decree signed by Medvedev, Russia under the UN sanctions on Iran Resolution No. 1929, to stop the export to Iran, including S-300 air defense missile systems, including heavy weapons and equipment.

S-300 air defense missile system is the most advanced Russian air defense missile systems in the world, it can greatly improve Iran’s air defense capability, which Israel and the United States are opposed to Russia to sell Iran. And Russia to be “compensation” is that a month ago, Israel in exchange for Russia to stop Syria and Iran, two old enemies with weapons and equipment, sent an unprecedented visit to the Russian defense minister, signed an historic first military technology cooperation agreement, Russia’s output to its dream of UAV manufacturing technology.

In addition, last month announced the sale to Saudi Arabia in the amount of U.S. $ 60 billion in sales astonishing news shortly after Russia publicly announced that it will perform in 2007 and Syria signed a $ 3 million contract, provide the latter with 72 P-800 type “Ruby” supersonic anti-ship missiles.