Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

New Delhi: In a new report released on March 11, 2024 by Stockholm-based defence think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India continues to be the world’s top arms importer though its overall imports...

Stockholm: Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry totalled $597 billion in 2022, which was 3.5 per cent less than 2021 in real terms, even...

Beijing / New Delhi: Plagued by the issue of low-quality weapons and inconsistent performance, China's arms exports have declined and has put buyer countries in peril. In the last decade, China's weaponry exports have...

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  New Delhi: The recent initial approval by Indian government for an order of six Scorpène submarines and 26 Rafale jets for the Indian Navy and Qatar considering to add another 24 Rafale to their...

  New Delhi: India ranked second after Saudi Arabia in arms imports while it was ranked 23rd in arms exports with the main client countries being Myanmar (46 per cent), Sri Lanka (25 per cent)...

  Introduction Budgets come and budgets go whether they are interim budgets or annual budgets. The annual budget was presented to Parliament on February 1, 2020 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. As always, national security...

  New Delhi: China is the second largest arms producer in the world after US but ahead of Russia, says a new research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This research represents the...

  New Delhi. There was a 4.6 per cent increase in arms sales and military services in 2018 by the 100 largest companies (excluding those in China) in the current year compared to last year...