From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 13:50:59 MDT
--- Technotranscendence <neptune@mars.superlink.net> wrote:
> Now, Are We Good, or What?
> by James Glaser
>
> Strike up the band and get out the flags, 'cause the good old USA has
> done it again. For the eighth year in a row, now tell me if this
> isn't a
> record that will never be broken, America, the red, white, and blue
> is
> again number
>
> 1. That is right NUMBER ONE, in both deliveries and new contracts for
> "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations." Doesn't that do
> your patriot heart good? No one, not the Russians or even all those
> pesky Europeans put together could even come close to Americas
> superiority when it comes to helping those little guys get the
> weapons
> that every developing nation needs so badly.
>
> For the rest of this story, please see
> http://www.lewrockwell.com/glaser/glaser16.html
But what are the actual quantities? It's not dollars that kill, it's
bullets and guns (oh no, not people? Well, yes, but they are a dime a
dozen). An M-16 is far more expensive on the world market than an
AK-47, and an F-16 or F-15 is far more expensive than a Mig, while the
Chinese SA-4, a rip-off of the Stinger missile, is about a tenth of
it's American parent's price. So it might help to look at the actual
quantities of weapons being sold. I think you'll find that over 90% of
the amounts the US sold went to three customers: Israel, Afghanistan,
and Taiwan.
If you counted by actual numbers of weapons, you'd see that the
rankings would go something like this:
China
North Korea
Russia
Ukraine
France
Khazakstan
United States
Great Britain
South Africa
Vitenam
Canada
(this is entirely guesswork, mind you)
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