Israel takes world's fourth biggest arms exporter spot from France

[Manindra]

Israel takes world's fourth biggest arms exporter spot from France

Israel has overtaken France in the world arms sales league. In 2012 French arms sales fell 26 per cent on the previous year, according to a parliamentary report published this week.

France fell from the world’s fourth biggest arms exporter to the fifth last year, with Israel taking its place, the report says.

Number one is the United States, whose export strategy has become more aggressive as domestic orders decline, followed by Russia, the UK, Israel and then France.

Several emerging countries, notably China, South Korea and Turkey, are breaking into the market.

French exports hit a record eight billion euros in 2009 but have fallen since, going below five billion euros in 2012.

France’s biggest markets in 2012 were:

• India, 1.2 billion euros;
  
• Saudi Arabia, 636 million euros;
  
• Malaysia, 461 euros;
  
• US, 208 million euros;
  
• Russia, 185 million euros.

Delhi signed the year's biggest contract - for air-to-air missiles. Saudi Arabia bought equipment, while Malaysia bought six corvettes.

Israel takes world's fourth biggest arms exporter spot from France - France - Israel - RFI

 

[AUz]

Indians should celebrate...

 

[Dubious]

And yet, people around the world thinks Palestinians attack and harm these liars with their stones for being on their property!

Wow Worlds 4th biggest arms exporter expects us to believe they NEVER used their weapons against civilians! NICE

 

[BeyondHeretic]

Like Einstein said I don't know with what weapons world war 3 will be fought , but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

 

[Roybot]

And yet, people around the world thinks Palestinians attack and harm these liars with their stones for being on their property!

Wow Worlds 4th biggest arms exporter expects us to believe they NEVER used their weapons against civilians! NICE

Urrr what has arms exports got to do with Palestine

 

[Ayush]

Wonder when india will be amongst the exporters..

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Urrr what has arms exports got to do with Palestine

If someone has bigger guns than his adversary, then he definitely will flex his muscles on them

That was what I have been taught ..

Wonder when india will be amongst the exporters..

India doesn't have to, all what they need is to keep themselves on tracks with IT industries and technological research, not country can dominate the whole world market, so to speak.

 

[Roybot]

If someone has bigger guns than his adversary, then he definitely will flex his muscles on them

That was what I have been taught ..

Well of course, but in this case they(Israel) are exporting the "big guns". Whether Israel is the 4th biggest of 5th biggest arms exporter shouldn't change anything in the Palestinian situation?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Well of course, but in this case they(Israel) are exporting the "big guns". Whether Israel is the 4th biggest of 5th biggest arms exporter shouldn't change anything in the Palestinian situation?

No it won't, that's why India voted in favor of upgrading Palestinian status in the UN

 

[Dubious]

Urrr what has arms exports got to do with Palestine

The very fact that Israel HAS arms...that too 4th exporter in the World....and esp when they are already claiming Palestine fights back (with rocks) and hence we have to bulldoze them and take over their land....speaks heaps!

 

[Roybot]

The very fact that Israel HAS arms...that too 4th exporter in the World....and esp when they are already claiming Palestine fights back (with rocks) and hence we have to bulldoze them and take over their land....speaks heaps!

You are too emotional.

Palestinians fight not just "fight back" with lethal stuffs like missiles, rockets and mortars. And yes of course Israel's response/preemptive response is always disproportionate, but they don't really have much choice, they don't have much of a strategic depth to fall back on.

However, once again this debate has nothing to do with Israel being the 4th largest arms exporter or not. Palestinians would be outgunned even if Israel was the tenth largest exporter in the world.

No it won't, that's why India voted in favor of upgrading Palestinian status in the UN

India has always been an advocate of the two state solution, so no surprises there

 

[OrionHunter]

Wonder when india will be amongst the exporters..

We don't even have the expertise for filling our pot-holed roads and you talk of arms exports!! Jeeez!

 

[livingdead]

No it won't, that's why India voted in favor of upgrading Palestinian status in the UN

these two are different issue, even if israel did not export any weapon but only farm produce... they would have still fought with palestinian with imported or home made weapon...
now stick to the topic please.. can somebody inform who is main importer of their hardware and which segment of weapon market they dominate.

 

[Ayush]

We don't even have the expertise for filling our pot-holed roads and you talk of arms exports!! Jeeez!

I know mate, and that is why I just wonder.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I did on purpose state that very fact to reveal how pragmatic India is, trying to maintain a balance with the Arab World, and Muslim world by large, and maintains a good relations with Israel.

these two are different issue, even if israel did not export any weapon but only farm produce... they would have still fought with palestinian with imported or home made weapon...
now stick to the topic please.. can somebody inform who is main importer of their hardware and which segment of weapon market they dominate.