{"id":170800,"date":"2025-03-13T11:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=170800"},"modified":"2025-03-13T11:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:09:58","slug":"india-remains-worlds-2nd-largest-arms-importer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/03\/13\/india-remains-worlds-2nd-largest-arms-importer.html","title":{"rendered":"India remains world\u2019s 2nd-largest arms importer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170801\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/images-25-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/>New Delhi: India ranked as the world\u2019s second-largest arms importer between 2020 and 2024, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Russia remained a key supplier, with 38% of its arms exports going to India.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, India accounted for 28% of French arms exports\u2014nearly double the total sent to all European nations combined.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, the US increased its arms exports to 43% of total sales, while Russia fell to third place behind France,<br \/>\nwhose share rose to 9.6%. China, despite being the fourth-largest arms exporter, dropped out of the top 10 importers list for the first time since 1990-94.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights shifting global trends, with Europe increasing imports by 155% amid the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: India ranked as the world\u2019s second-largest arms importer between 2020 and 2024, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). According to Kashmir Media Service, Russia remained a key supplier, with 38% of its arms exports going to India. Meanwhile, India accounted for 28% of French arms exports\u2014nearly double the total sent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/images-25-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170802,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170800\/revisions\/170802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}