Peace Facts

compiled by Lisa Ann Pierce, WAMM

Arms Trade Facts and Figures from Council for a Livable World

"Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world's largest arms dealer. During fiscal year 1999, the U.S. sold $12 billion worth of weapons to 91 countries and international organizations (i.e. NATO) through the Pentagon's Foreign Military Sales program (FMS) and approved licenses for potential sales worth a record $46.9 billion through the State Department's Direct Commercial Sales program (DCS). In 1999 alone, the U.S. sold, or licensed for sale, military equipment to 151 nations and trained the militaries of over 125 nations. Consequently, governments with some of the worst human-rights records received American weapons and training."

Top 20 Suppliers of Conventional Weapons (1993-1997, in 1990 U.S. dollars)
1. United States, $53.1 million
2. Russia, $15.2 million
3. United Kingdom, $9.4 million
4. France, $7.8 million
5. Germany, $7.1 million
6. China, $3.5 million
7. Netherlands, $2.2 million
8. Italy, $1.8 million
9. Canada, $1.3 million
10. Spain, $1.2 million
11. Israel, $1.2 million
12. Ukraine, $1.1 million
13. Czech Republic, $1.0 million
14. Sweden, $.9 million
15. Moldova, $.6 million
16. North Korea, $.5 million
17. Uzbekistan, $.5 million
18. Belgium, $.5 million
19. Belarus, $.4 million
20. Australia, $.4 million

Top 20 Recipients of Major Conventional Weapons (1993-1997 in 1990 dollars)
1. Saudi Arabia, $9.8 million
2. Taiwan, $8.2 million
3. Turkey, $7.0 million
4. Egypt, $6.7 million
5. South Korea, $5.3 million
6. China, $5.1 million
7. Japan $4.6 million
8. India, $4.4 million
9. Greece, $3.9 million
10. Kuwait, $3.4 million
11. United Arab Emirates, $3.4 million
12. Thailand, $3.2 million
13. Malaysia, $3.2 million
14. Pakistan, $3.0 million
15. United States, $2.8 million
16. Iran, $2.2 million
17. Germany, $2.2 million
18. Spain, $2.1 million
19. Finland, $2.0 million
20. Indonesia, $1.9 million

Nuclear Facts and Figures from the Center for Defense Information

The U.S. spent roughly $3.5 trillion from 1940 to 1995 to prepare to fight a nuclear war.
The U.S. spends roughly $27 billion annually to prepare to fight a nuclear war.
The U.S. spent roughly $2.2 billion in 1995 to prevent nuclear war.
Each of the 21 B-2 bombers authorized by Congress costs roughly $2.2 billion. (The B-2 bomber is a nuclear weapon deployment vehicle.)
The lifecycle cost of each B-2 is $2.5 billion.

The World's Nuclear Arsenal

Country	Suspected Strategic Nuclear Weapons	Suspected Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons	Suspected Total Nuclear Weapons
China	250	120	400 (sic)
France	350	0	350
India	60	?	60+?
Israel	100-200	?	200+?
Pakistan	24-48	?	24-48
Russia	~6,000	~4,000	~10,000
United Kingdom	180	5	185
United States	8,646	2,010	10,656