The United States continues to maintain its position as the world's largest arms exporter. Between 20 10-20 14 and 20 15-20 19, American arms exports increased by 23%, accounting for 36% of the total global arms exports. In 20 15-20 19, the total arms export of the United States was 76% higher than that of Russia, the second largest arms exporter in the world. The weapons exported by the United States flow to 96 countries and regions.
In the past five years, half of American weapons were exported to the Middle East, most of which were exported to Saudi Arabia. At the same time, Europe, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan Province Province and other countries have increased their demand for American advanced military aircraft.
French arms exports reached the highest level every five years since 1990, accounting for 7.9% of the total global arms exports in 20 15-20 19, an increase of 72% compared with 20 10-20 14. The rapid growth of French arms exports has benefited from the demand for weapons from Egypt, Qatar and India.
However, Russia's arms exports have been greatly reduced. Between 20 10-20 14 and 20 15-20 19, Russian arms exports decreased by 18%. According to the report, the decline in Russian arms exports is mainly due to the loss of financial tycoon India. New data show that the number of weapons flowing to the Middle East has increased, and Saudi Arabia remains the world's largest importer of weapons.
Saudi Arabia is the largest arms importer in the world from 20 15 to 20 19. Compared with the previous five years, its arms imports increased by 130%, accounting for 12% of global arms imports in 20 15-20 19. 73% of Saudi Arabia's total weapons imports come from the United States, while 13% comes from the United Kingdom.
India is the second largest importer of weapons in the world. In view of the intensification of the conflict between India and Pakistan in the past two years, most of the world's major arms exporters have exported weapons to these two countries.
The most powerful military weapon in the world
1, the fourth generation of nuclear weapons: the fourth generation of nuclear weapons are nuclear directed energy weapons: because these nuclear bombs do not produce nuclear radiation, they can be used as "conventional weapons". The main types are: particle beam weapons, laser-detonated nuclear bombs, clean fusion bombs and heterogeneous weapons. The fourth generation of nuclear weapons selectively attack targets, with more concentrated single energy and controllable special killing and damage effects.
2. Land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles: Land-based mobile ballistic missiles are only developed by Russia and China. Typical models include intercontinental missiles such as Baiyang M, Jarls, DF-4 1, which use heavy wheeled high-mobility off-road chassis. Advanced technology, good off-road performance, strong maneuverability, can be launched in the wild without support. It is the most advanced land-based mobile ballistic missile launching mode in the world.
3. Hypersonic weapon: The so-called hypersonic weapon refers to a weapon with a speed exceeding Mach 5, that is, five times the speed of sound, which is equivalent to flying 6000 kilometers per hour and 1.66 kilometers per second. This speed is much faster than the speed of a bullet, which is quite amazing.
At present, there are two kinds of hypersonic weapons in the world. The first one is hypersonic cruise missile, the second one is booster glider, and China's Dongfeng 17 missile belongs to the second one. It is powered by a rocket, which shoots the aircraft into the air and breaks through the atmosphere, and then the aircraft leaves the warhead and returns to the atmosphere in a gliding posture.