Trends in Conventional Arms Transfers to the Third World by Major Supplier, 1979-1986

Abstract

The value of all arms transfers agreements with the Third World in 1986 ($29.2 billion) was the lowest total for any year since 1979. In 1986, the total value of U.S. arms transfer agreements with the Third World was the lowest of any year since 1979. In 1986, for the fourth year in a row, the total value of United States arms transfer agreements with the Third World has declined from the previous year. The total value of U.S. arms transfer agreements with the Third World declined to $3.9 billion in 1986, from $5.2 billion in 1985. The Soviet Union registered a substantial increase in its share of Third World arms transfer agreements between 1985 and 1986. The four Major West European suppliers (France, United Kingdom, West Germany, and Italy), as a group, experienced a significant decline in their share of Third World arms transfer agreements between 1985 and 1986. In 1986, the total value of the Third World arms transfer agreements of the four Major West European suppliers, as a group, was the lowest of any year since 1979. In the period from 1979-1986, certain emerging suppliers of armaments to the Third World have ranked ahead of some of the traditional, industrialized suppliers, both in terms of the value of arms transfer agreements and the value of arms deliveries. During the period from 1983-1986, the value of arms transfer agreements made by Spain, Czechoslovakia, and Brazil (each) with the Third World exceeded that of West Germany. The Near East and South Asia region is the greatest Third World arms market. In the Latin American region, shares of arms transfer agreements have undergone a major shift during the period from 1979-1982 and 1983-1986. The value of all arms deliveries to the Third World in 1986 was the lowest of any year since 1979. The total value of all nonCommunist nations' arms transfer agreements with the Third World from 1979-1986 ($186.7 billion) exceeded the total value of all such agreements by all Communist nations during this period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA497149

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Grimmett

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Education
  • Self Propelled
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • South Asia
  • Training
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare
  • Weapons
  • West Germany

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Mathematics or Statistics