US, China dominated arms market in 2019: report

[shanlung]

Might is right.....remember

Power grows from barrel of a gun.

Or under the wings of angels and drones

 

[IblinI]

Unless you can prove many major purchases of Chinese weaponry has had quality control issues, then your point does not stand. If anything, Chinese weaponry has better reliability/QC than that of Russia as a whole. Otherwise, why would it secure multi billion dollar arms deals with Pakistan or Thailand just to name a few, let alone other international clients? Chinese weaponry isn't cheap these days either ... this is not the 80s/90s.

and most of the deals only came to surface after few years.

 

[Figaro]

Japan has the potential to break the top ranking. They will start to export their warships soon and they have export-oriented 6th gen fighter development in place.

The problem with Japanese equipment is that they are excruciatingly expensive since a lot of their equipment is outfitted with American subsystems, which they have to pay for. Due to this, they charge a hefty premium on their weaponry, which is one of the key reasons why despite easing their export rules in 2014, they have not really sold anything.