Bloomberg: there was a sharp jump in the global arms market – RIA Novosti

11:37 13.06.2016

(updated: 11:44 13.06.2016 )

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MOSCOW, June 13 – RIA Novosti . The volume of arms purchases has soared in the past year, primarily due to Saudi Arabia, according to Bloomberg, citing an annual report Global Defence Trade company IHS.

Last year, the volume of imports of arms and military equipment rose by ten percent and reached $ 65 billion. This is 6.6 billion more than in 2014, writes Bloomberg.

According to the company’s Englewood, it is the largest annual increase in the last ten years. Apart from Riyadh, arms purchases as a whole increased in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

Saudi Arabia has increased its purchases of approximately two times in 2015 -. To 9.3 billion dollars. The reason for this surge Bloomberg calls the conflict in neighboring Yemen, where Riyadh led operation against-Huthis rebels, as well as regional enmity with Iran.

Last year, Riyadh bought such weapons as the Eurofighter fighter Typhoon, F-15 fighter jets, Apache helicopters and drones, surveillance equipment and precision weapons, according to the IHS report.

The second and third largest importer of arms, occupy, accordingly, India and Australia.

significantly increased purchase country weapons in the South China sea because of the need to confront China -. 71 percent compared with 2013 year

according to the IHS forecast, oil-producing countries will be in the next three years reduce purchases, as oil prices are unlikely to rise much above its current level

“The countries will spend less on weapons and more on military operations, as they try to influence events in the region”, -. believe in the IHS .

Russia, the second country in the world for arms exports is likely to intensify trade with Iran, which after the recent lifting of sanctions begins to replace outdated equipment of its air force. In Iran it may take 40-60 billion dollars

The largest exporter of weapons in the world are the United States:. In 2015 they sold the weapons and equipment by nearly 23 billion dollars, 8.8 of them occurred in the countries of the Middle East.