The death trade ... an industry that is flourishing more and more

The largest 100 companies in the world specialized in the arms industry recorded an increase in their revenues and sales by 4.6% in 2018. France alone accounts for 5.5% of the arms market share.

In a report published by the French newspaper L'Humanite, the writer, Gayle de Santis said that France ranks fourth in the ranks of the world's most arms-exporting countries.

Finally, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (CIBRI) published its annual report for the world's first 100 arms manufacturers for 2018.

According to the Siberian report, France holds 5.5% of the arms market share, with revenues amounting to 23.2 billion dollars (about 21 billion euros), registering an increase in its sales by 2.4% compared to last year.

Among the 100 companies recorded in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report, there are six French companies, respectively, the Thales Group ($ 9.5 billion), Safran ($ 3.2 billion), Naval Group ($ 2.2 billion) and Dassault Aviation ($ 2.9 billion). The French Atomic Energy Commission and alternative energy ($ 2.3 billion) and Lancaster ($ 1.1 billion).

America leads
The writer mentioned that France comes after the United Kingdom (8.4% of the arms market share) and Russia (8.6%).

The United States is at the top of the ranking, with arms manufacturers increasing their transactions volume by about 7.2% in 2018, thanks to the policy of Donald Trump's administration, and Americans hold 59% of the market share, equivalent to 246 billion euros.

In 2015, the United Nations stated that $ 267 billion a year was enough to eradicate hunger until 2030.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report stated that the arms market is expanding more and more, as its shares increased by about 4.6% in the year 2018, with transactions amounting to about $ 420 billion for the first major companies in the manufacture of weapons, and this figure is equivalent to the size of Austria's GDP in 2017, It ranks 27th in the ranking of the world's richest countries.

High military spending
The writer pointed out that aircraft manufacturers are making significant progress, as sales of Lockheed Martin, which produces the American F-35, increased by 5.2%.

As for Boeing, its sales increased by 5.7%, and although it is more specialized in civil aviation, 29% of its financial revenues come from its military activities.

The writer said that the European Airbus company, in turn, recorded an increase in the volume of its transactions in arms, which amounted to about 9%, while sales of the French company "Dassault", which makes the Rafale warplanes, rose to about 30%.

Russian arms manufacturers have benefited from increased domestic military spending and the success of the S-400 anti-aircraft defense systems that have been deployed in recent years in both Syria and Turkey.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report also mentioned that the increase in military spending in Turkey was in the interest of the military-industrial complex, as two Turkish arms manufacturers destroyed their centers in arranging more than one hundred weapons manufacturers in the world, and Turkish companies achieved a rise in the volume of their military transactions by 22% Over the past year.