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Weer een rapport voegt onderzoeker Richard Grimmett toe aan zijn lange lijst publicaties over wapenhandel bij de Congressional Research Service (CRS). Het rapport U.S. Arms Sales onderstreept dat Nederland tot de trouwste bondgenoten van de VS behoort. Er zullen mensen zeggen geen nieuws onder de zon, maar ik vind het prettig visies zo nu en dan met cjfers te onderbouwen. Hele hele rapport vind je door een klik.

 

Table 5. Leading Purchasers of U.S. Defense Articles and Services, Total Values of Europe Agreements Concluded (in current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
Europe Agreements 2001-2004		Europe Agreements 2005-2008		Europe Agreements 2008
1 Poland	$4.0 billion	1 U.K.	$1.8 billion	1 U.K.	$740 million
2 U.K.	$1.9 billion	2 Norway	$1.0 billion	2 Finland	$440 million
3 Greece	$1.4 billion	3 Netherlands	$1.0 billion	3 Turkey	$420 million
4 Italy	$1.2 billion	4 Germany	$920 million	4 Switzerland	$320 million
5 Turkey	$970 million	5 Spain	$870 million	5 Netherlands	$250 million

 

Table 11. Leading Purchasers of U.S. Defense Articles and Services, Total Values of Europe Deliveries Concluded (in current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
Europe Agreements 2001-2004		Europe Agreements 2005-2008		Europe Agreements 2008
1 Greece	$3.3 billion	1 Poland	$2.6 billion	1 Poland	$760 million
2 U.K.	$1.6 billion	2 U.K.	$1.6 billion	2 U.K.	$430 million
3 Netherlands	$1.2 billion	3. Turkey	$1.1 billion	3 Turkey	$360 million
4 Spain	$1.1 billion	4 Greece	$990 million	4 Netherlands	$180 million
5 Turkey	$1.1 billion	5 Netherlands	$970 million	5 Germany	$160 million

 

Table 12. Table 12. Leading Purchasers of U.S. Defense Articles and Services, Total Values of Worldwide Deliveries Concluded (in current U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest 10 million or 10th of a billion)
Europe Agreements 2001-2004		Europe Agreements 2005-2008		Europe Agreements 2008
1 Egypt	$5.0 billion	1 Israel	$5.6 billion	1 Saudi Arabia	$1.2 billion
2 Saudi Arabia	$4.3 billion	2 Egypt	$4.8 billion	2 Israel	$1.2 billion
3 Taiwan	$3.7 billion	3 Saudi Arabia	$4.4 billion	3 Egypt	$1.0 billion
4 Israel	$3.4 billion	4 Taiwan	$3.9 billion	4 Australia	$900 million
5 Greece	$3.3 billion	5 South Korea	$2.7 billion	5 South Korea	$800 million
6 South Korea	$2.1 billion	6 Poland	$2.6 billion	6 Iraq	$800 million
7 U.K.	$1.6 billion	7 Japan	$2.4 billion	7 Poland	$760 million
8 Japan	$1.5 billion	8 Australia	$2.4 billion	8 Taiwan	$600 million
9 Netherlands	$1.2 billion	9 U.K.	$1.6 billion	9 U.K.	$430 million
10 Spain	$1.1 billion	10 Turkey	$1.1 billion	10 Japan	$400 million

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and
Deliveries to Major Clients, 2001-2008
Richard F. Grimmett
Specialist in International Security
December 2, 2009

* De bekendste publicatie van Grimmett is het rapport onder de titel World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers, waarvan de laatste versie verscheen in 2005.