The world have already spent too much money on the US Defense Industry.
The rise in global arms sales that began in the early 2000s continued in 2017.
America’s biggest business lobby wants the Trump administration put the American defense industry first and require the Pentagon to explain the impact on domestic jobs and national security each time it denies a foreign request to buy U.S. weapons. Nearly half of US arms exports over the past five years have gone to the war-stricken Middle East, with Saudi Arabia consolidating its place as the world’s second biggest importer. Western arms makers are jockeying to take advantage of expanding defense budgets among NATO allies and in other regions.
China, by contrast, is becoming increasingly capable of producing its own weapons and continues to strengthen its relations with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar through arms supplies. The five largest exporters in 2013–17 were the USA, Russia, France, Germany and China. Together, they accounted for 74 per cent of the total volume of arms exports.
All this, is such a waste of human lives, but such good money...
U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV. Visualization by Will Geary.