U.S. is Top Weapons Exporter

Who says we don’t build things in America anymore…

In fact, we build more deadly weapons than any other country in the world…by a long shot. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) just released a new report detailing the arms expenditures throughout the world – and no other country even came close to matching the U.S military industrial complex.

Sales by U.S.-based arms producers accounted for 58 percent of the total arms sales of the Top 100.

Here’s the rest of the top 10:

1. USA

2. Russia

3. Germany

4. France

5. China

6. United Kingdom

7. Spain

8. Italy

9. Ukraine

10. Israel

In fact, of the top 10 weapons manufacturers in the world, 7 are located in the U.S. Here are the top 5 U.S. arms makers, from the SIPRI report.

1. Lockheed Martin
   Arm sales 2012: $36 billion
   Total sales 2012: $47.2 billion
   2012 profit: 2.7 billion
   2012 employment: 120,000

2. Boeing
   Arm sales 2012: $27.6 billion
   Total sales 2012: $81.7 billion
   2012 profit: $3.9 billion
   2012 employment: 174,400

3. Raytheon
   Arm sales 2012: $22.5 billion
   Total sales 2012: $24.4 billion
   2012 profit: $1.9 billion
   2012 employment: 67,800

4. General Dynamics
   Arm sales 2012: $20.9 billion
   Total sales 2012: $31.5 billion
   2012 profit: -$332 million
   2012 employment: 92,200

5. Northrop Grumman
   Arm sales 2012: $19.4 billion
   Total sales 2012: $25.2 billion
   2012 profit: $2.0 billion
   2012 employment: 68,100