It is also not unusual to know that the top buyers in fiscal 2009 were the UAE ($7.9bn), Afghanistan ($5.4bn) and Saudi Arabia ($3.3bn), followed by Taiwan ($3.2bn), Egypt ($2.1bn), Iraq ($1.6bn), NATO ($924.5m), Australia ($818.7m) and South Korea ($716.6m).
With the current situation (beside other problems faced by earthlings, of course, for peace, arms demand is booming, fed in part by regional tensions fanned by nuclear and ballistic missile programs in Iran and North Korea. In case you have not noticed, 5 muslim nations are amongst the top buyers with accumulated purchase of $20.3 billion. *HERE* <http://1426.blogspot.com/2009/11/uss-top-arms-buyers-in-2009.html>
