Arms Trade

I have seen how easy it is for nuclear contamination to occur, and how hard it is to clean it up. Do nations possess nuclear, chemical and biological weapons because of fear of attack from some other nation, or is it because without them the fast cannot exploit the weak? Andreas T. The arms trade is a major cause of human rights abuses. Some g overnments exit more on military expenses than on social development, communications infrastructure and health combined. While every(prenominal) nation has the right and the need to ensure its security, in these changing times, arms requirements and procurements may need to salmagundi too.Each year, around $45-60 billion worth of arms sales ar agreed. Some two-thirds of sales are made to developing countries. The 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, Russia, France, United Kingdom and China), together with Germany and Italy account for over 80% of the arms sold between 2001 and 2008. Some of the arms sold go to regimes where human rights violations totallyow for occur. Corruption often accompanies arms sales due to the large sums of money involved.World military spending had reduced since the Cold War ended, but a few nations such as the US deem high level spending. In recent years, global military expenditure has increased again and is at a time comparable to Cold War levels again. Recent data shows global spending at over $1. 4 trillion, annually (or $1. 2 trillion at constant 2005 prices). The highest military spender is the US accounting for notwithstanding under half of the worlds spending, more than the rest of the G7 (most economically advanced countries) combined, and more than all its potential enemies, combined.