Chinese arms made up 81 per cent of Pakistan’s weapons imports in the past five years, as Islamabad buys more advanced systems from its long-standing South Asian defence partner, according to data from Swedish think tank SIPRI. That was up 7 percentage points from the previous five-year period to 2019, when 74 per cent of…
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – European arms imports rose 155% in 2020-24 and Ukraine has become the world’s biggest arms importer following Russia’s 2022 invasion, according to a report released by a leading conflict think tank on Monday. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed the United States continued to dominate…
“Putin would be pleased to welcome world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, to the Moscow celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War if they decide to attend,” Russian state news agency Tass quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday. It is unclear whether Trump…
Chinese defence companies saw their lowest annual revenue growth in four years amid a domestic economic slowdown while global arms sales continued to grow, fuelled by demand from the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a Swedish think tank report said. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) annual report on the…