India’s arms purchases from the US grew strongly in the last year of the Trump administration, and according to official figures, the number will rise from US $ 62 million to 4 3.4 billion by 2020
According to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), total arms sales from the US to other countries are in 2020. US arms sales to India have seen a surge in sales to 50.8 billion. In US 2019. 55.7 billion worth of weapons sold to other countries in 2017, the number. 41.9 billion.
According to data, US arms buyers in 2020 will be India (4 3.4 billion in 2020, $ 62 million in 2019), Morocco (24 1.24 million to 4.5 billion), Poland (.3 67.3 million to 7 4.7 billion), Singapore (7 13.7 billion) 3 1.3 billion million), Taiwan (87.6 million to 8 11.8 billion) and the UAE (1 1.1 billion to 6 3.6 billion).
Decline in arms purchases
However, arms purchases from the US have been reduced by several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Belgium, Iraq and South Korea. According to the 2020 edition of the Historical Sales Book of America, India purchased arms worth 4754.4 million in 2017 and .228.2 million in 2018. According to data, between 1950 and 2020, US $ 12.8 billion worth of weapons was sold to India under Foreign Military Sales (FMS). According to statistics, although the Trump administration banned any military and security aid to Pakistan, it was sold as weapons under the FMS. Pakistan purchased arms from the US in 2020 for 6 146 million.
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