Tag: military weapons

Russia a Third World Country?

Commentary In October 1985, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev visited France where he met with French President François Mitterrand. In candid conversations, Gorbachev told Mitterrand that the USSR was a Third World country with nuclear weapons, a conclusion that startled Mitterrand and other Western leaders when Gorbachev’s description was privately circulated. How could it be that…


Global Arms Trade Continues To Prosper Despite Economic Downturn, US And China Top Two

Arms sales continue to grow among the world’s top weapons manufacturers despite the shrunken global economy in 2020, with U.S. companies ranking first and Chinese second. On Dec. 6, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released the latest ranking of the world’s top 100 arms-producing and military services companies in terms of total arms…