Russia has replaced the UK as the world's second biggest arms producer − but the US continues to dwarf even its closest competitors, a think tank revealed on Monday.
Sales from the top 100 arms-producing companies totalled $398.2 billion (€348.4 billion) in 2017, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institutute (SIPRI).
It is the third year in a row that arms sales have grown, with this year's total representing a 2.5 per cent rise on 2016 and a 44 per cent increase on 2002.
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