as of 27 jan 2015, 11:40

Arms exports have become booming business for US

WASHINGTON –

The U.s. arms exports in 2014 has grown. According to a new research report from the Congress increased the sales by approximately 35 percent to converted 33 billion euros. The year before, carried out the USA for less than 25 billion euros of weapons.

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The amounts are published by The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the growth in exports mainly due to contracts that were concluded with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. America remained the largest wapenexporteur of the world, followed by Russia.