Russia has recently picked up new international contracts that will provide for 20 billion dollars worth of weapons exports over the next five to seven years. For 2008, Russia has orders totaling over six billion dollars in weapons exports. The weapons are being exported by Russia’s public arms agency Rosoboroexport. It is interesting that Russia has become such an integral component in the world munitions supply territory. It is undeniable that the United States is still manufacturing far more weapons than Russia. However it is worth pondering what implications might arise as a result of Russia being so involved in providing arms for other nations.
I would like to know what the readers of this blog feel about global weapons manufacturing. Perhaps I am being skeptical but if the Russians are producing billions of dollars in weapons for other nations, could they be producing dangerous weapons for themselves to utilize in the future? The cold war was not that long ago so all I am saying is that it is wearisome to hear that they are becoming such an integral component in weapons manufacturing. If you have thoughts of your own on global weapons manufacturing or Russian arms distribution, please feel free to let us know what you think. Perhaps I am off base with my linking commercial weapons productions to nuclear aspirations but one cannot be too careful in these uncertain times where weapons are capable of mass destruction. I believe that is why the United States and the UN spend so much time and money investigating nuclear and other potentially dangerous facilities throughout the globe. They are always investigating Arms facilities because if they were to leave one nation unchecked, the consequences could be catastrophic.
