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Europe's military spending grew at a record pace in 2022, reaching a level unseen since the Cold War following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, global security researchers said Monday. The rise in Europe helped global military expenditures reach an eighth straight record at $2.24 trillion, or 2.2 percent of the world's…

Surge in spending reflects Russia-Ukraine war and ‘increasingly insecure world’, according to leading think tank.

TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands: The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for U.S. planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins.

Algeria’s arms imports have drastically decreased since 2018, according to a study published recently by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The arms imports of Algeria dropped by 58 percent during the past four years. Algiers and Moscow have been preparing for a year a “strategic document” for cooperation.

Such concerns about China’s weapons sales are not new and have persisted despite Washington’s overall dominance in arms exports.

Arms imports into Europe almost doubled in 2022, becoming the world's third-largest destination, researchers said Monday. This has mostly been driven by massive shipments to Ukraine since Russia invaded just over a year ago.

A Swedish think tank says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that led to a substantial flow of military aid to Kyiv made Ukraine the world’s third largest importer of arms in 2022

Fuelled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European countries are also increasing arms imports, the think tank says.

Study shows French suppliers have more major export orders than Russia, while UK’s share has dwindled