Singapore arm imports leapt 146% in past 5 yrs, listed as world's top 10 arms importers - SIPRI

Reuters, 15 Mar 2010
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in its annual report on Monday that arms imports by Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia had leapt by 84 percent, 146 percent and 722 percent respectively between 2005 and 2009, compared with the previous five years.
Singapore is the first member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since the end of the Vietnam war to be included among SIPRI's top 10 arms importers. Full Story

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