Britain was the world’s biggest arms seller last year, accounting for a third of global arms exports, the Government’s trade promotion organisation said. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) said that arms exporters had added £9.7 billion in new business last year, giving them a larger share of global arms exports than the United States. “As demonstrated by this outstanding export performance, the UK has a first-class defence industry, with some of the world’s most technologically sophisticated companies,” Digby Jones, the Minister for Trade and Investment, said. UKTI said that the figures were boosted by orders for Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest arms buyer, which has imported $31 billion (£16 million) in weapons over the past five years. There were also orders from Oman and Trinidad and Tobago for offshore patrol vessels. Times Online NewsThere is a sad bit of irony in this news item. We are the world’s biggest arms exporter – yet many of our troops fighting for this country overseas appear to lack items of basic kit that has resulted in unnecessary deaths.
Tameside Citizen
5 comments:
The War Grave Of Brothers Wars.
In the Boer war (1899-1902) the Boers used a very effective weapon, the automatic 1lb cannon called a "Pom-pom"
It was sold to them by the BRITISH who declined to buy it for their army until AFTER the Boers showed how effective it was.
There is nothing new under the sun!
Did you read that "biggest in the world" thanks to Labour and not all you whinging twats
Good old Britannia we are the best and we sell the best.
Yes "Labour til I die"... and we all know how Tameside is involved with the Greater Manchester "Blood Money" Pension Fund... Thanks to Roy Oldham of course.
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