Reports about arms procurement plans in the gulf states must be treated with caution. January 2020 arms trade, conflicts and human rights. Sipri arms transfers database, iraq 19731990 wikipedia. The arms industry, also known as the defense industry or the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. The most comprehensive database of arms transfers available is that compiled by the sipri. It enables individual comparisons between countries with their option to select the range of years to cover and the weapon systems to include. Countries and shipments were determined by comparing lists of recipient countries to values of arms transfers from the stockholm international peace research institute sipri arms transfers and military expenditures databases, searching for international media coverage of shipment events for those that were of sufficient size or nature to. Latin american public opinion project lapop 19782003 repository data.
Arms sales are defined by sipri as sales of military goods and services to military customers, including both sales for. The maximum range is listed by the manufacturer as between 3850 km 20. Sipri arms transfers database sipri arms embargoes database sipri national reports database. Our cmms software performs with full feature rich functionality, on any web capable pc, tablet or mobile device. Military spending and arms procurement in the gulf states. Arms trade, military spending, and economic growth article pdf available in defence and peace economics 184. Arms transfers database stockholm international peace research institute sipri the sipri arms transfers database traces suppliers and recipients of arms. The stockholm international peace research institute sipri arms transfers database catalogs major conventional weapons sales from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. Sipri is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and. These data sets are at various stages of preparation, some are just raw data, some are csv files, and some are exposed as. It uses data from the stockholm international peace institutes arms transfer database upon hitting the website, users are greeted by a short instructional blurb, some options to interact with the map, and of course the map itself.
The modern age of drones began in 1995 in bosnia, with the first deployment of a squadron of air force predator reconnaissance aircraft. Stockholm international peace research institute wikipedia. Azzier cmms is designed with extreme flexibility, providing complete control of your maintenance program configuration. The sipri arms transfers database shows all international transfers of major conventional arms since 1950 and is the most comprehensive publicly available source of information on international arms transfers. The sipri mapping attrelevant cooperation and assistance. Established in 1966 and based in stockholm, sipri provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public. Implementing and complying with export controls sipri, apr. Nevertheless, the eu and its member states remain a major source of high technologies for china, namely, by means of. The arms industry, also known as the defense industry or the arms trade, is a global industry responsible for the manufacturing and sales of weapons and military technology. Data is downloadable in excel and csv, and shapefiles when multiple geographies are covered. Shows all international transfers in seven categories of major conventional arms since 1950, the most comprehensive publicly available source of information on international arms transfers. Introduction the al yamamah series of arms deals with saudi arabia was, and remains, britains biggest arms deal ever concluded, earning the prime contractor, bae systems, at least gbp 43 billion in revenue between 1985 and 2007, with further deals still ongoing.
Arms transfers to the americas, sipri background paper. But these transfers are not simply economic transactions, they tie the powerful myanma military to chinese suppliers. Her recent publications include the challenge of software and technology transfers to nonproliferation efforts. Exploring dependence structures in the international arms. It is a unique resource for researchers, policymakers and analysts, the media and civil society interested in monitoring and measuring the international flow of major conventional arms. At the heart of the project is sipri s unique, freely available, military expenditure database. Sipri statistical data on arms transfers relates to actual deliveries of major conventional weapons. It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and servicing of military material, equipment, and facilities. Since 1990, sipri has published data on the arms sales and employment of the 100 largest of these armsproducing companies in the sipri yearbook. Sipri arms transfers database the sipri arms transfers database contains information on all transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. Apparently, if you actually examine the data more closely, you will find that, in some cases, the. The engagement altitude is given as 98488582 feet, instead of the 20046,000 feet in the database. Arms transfers to the americas mark bromley june 2009 sipri background paper summary w united nation member states are currently discussing the feasibility of an arms trade treaty att which would seek to create better controls on international arms transfers.
Sipri arms transfers database information generated. In march 2010, the stockholm international peace research institute sipri released their report on trends in international arms transfers, 2009 sipri report 2009 and news organisations looked at the report and duly cited a few of the juicy numbers in the report without thinking. The sipri arms transfers database shows all international transfers of major conventional arms since 1950 and is the most comprehensive publicly available source. The stockholm international peace research institute s arms transfers database provides a tool to download the data. Full text of sipri fact sheet see other formats sipn stockholm international peace research institute press material embargo 17 april 2012, 00. Chapter 11 weapons trafficking and the odessa network. Ipumsinternational is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the.
Workers assemble browninginglis hipower pistols at the john inglis munitions plant, canada, april 1944. The price of war is an interactive map illustrating the role of the united states in the global arms trade. Stockholm international peace research institute sipri military expenditure and arms transfer databases. The level of transparency in military spending in subsaharan africa is greater than previously thought, according to a new report from the stockholm international peace research institute sipri. Luckily, getting a csv of the data isnt very difficult. Azzier is the most advanced cmms software system available. Mcw include armoured vehicles, aircrafts, naval vessels etc. The sipri arms transfers database contains information on all transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year. Network interdependencies and the evolution of the. Established in 1966, sipri provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources. Thread for db3000 database problems, updates or issues. Authors creation based on the sipri arms transfers database.
Pdf arms trade, military spending, and economic growth. The military expenditure project is fundamentally data driven. New sipri data on global arms transfers published today reveal that russia remains the second largest arms exporter in the world. China has largely been cut off from direct transfers of military systems and technologies since the announcement of the eu arms embargo in 1989. The figures are in millions of tivs trend indicator values according to the sipri methodology2. Sipri publishes global arms transfer data from 20 to 2017. To permit comparison between the data on such deliveries of different weapons and to identify general trends, sipri has developed a unique system to measure the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons using a common unit, the trend. The sipri mapping attrelevant cooperation and assistance activities database provides information on cooperation and assistance activities in the field of arms transfer and small arms and light weapons salw. His recent publications include arms transfer and salw controls in the middle east and north africa.
Sipri is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. According to sipri, the country exported major arms to 98 states in 2017, with exports to states in the middle east accounting for 49% of the total us arms exports in that period. Sipri data reflects the volume of deliveries of arms, not the financial. We use sipri data on the exchange of mcws between 182 countries for the period 1950 to 20. The sipri arms transfers database contains information on all international transfers of major arms including sales, gifts and production licences to states, international organizations and armed nonstate groups from 1950 to the most recent full calendar year, 2018. We excluded a small number of microstates and nonsovereign territories and organizations see the online appendix for details. China is reported to be the fifth largest arms supplier, with exports registered to have. China has shipped more weapons to myanmar than any other state has, including everything from type69 main battle tanks, to type053 frigates, to hn5a surfacetoair missiles sipri arms transfer database. Deals with deliveries or orders made for year range 1950 to 2011 source. Sipri trends in international arms transfers defence. To get all transfers for 2014, by seller, run this command in your terminal. The stockholm international peace research institute, sipri, arms transfers database.
A collection of public data sets for testing out visualization methods. This background paper is one of a series produced by sipri to inform these discussions. The data at this level is aggregated, so for particular weapons, we have to go one level deeper. Until a contract is signed, it is uncertain when and how many items will be bought and from whom. Details of these and all other transfers are available in the sipri arms transfers database. Mapping capacitybuilding efforts, sipri background paper nov.
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