VOL. XLII

No 47

22-November-1999

GENERAL

MENA Still The Worlds Leading Arms Market

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to be theworlds leading arms market, both in absolute terms and as a proportion (7%) ofGDP, according to The Military Balance 1999-2000, a report assessing themilitary forces and defense expenditures of 170 countries (see tables below)."Commitments to equipment modernization in the region have been generallysustained," said the report, which is issued by the...