Didn't you know that Taiwan is the 51st state--pace Henry-- and so doesn't count? Cheers, Ken Hanly Jonathan Lasse wrote: > Lisa & Ian Murray wrote: > > > The biggest buyer of arms last year was Saudi Arabia, with $2.7 billion in > > new sales. The United Arab Emirates ranked second at $2.5 billion. Malaysia > > ranked third, with $2.1 billion. > > Gotta love that Congressional Reserach Service. Looks like they completely > forgot to add up the figures for sales to Taiwan (and other countries too, > judging from the looks of it). The Stockholm International Peace Research > Insitute estimates Taiwan purchased 4.65 billion US$ worth of arms (and that's > in 1990 dollars, couldn't find a figure for contemporary moola), dwarfing Saudi > Arabia, the UAE, and any other country you can think of. > > For more info, check out www.sipri.se > > Jonathan Lassen
