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Foreign Military Sales: A Potential Drain on the U.S. Defense Posture

LCD-77-440 Published: Sep 02, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 02, 1977.
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In the past 7 years, foreign military sales volume grew from $952 million to over $8.7 billion. The United States has dominated the world arms market since 1965 and now controls it by almost 50%.

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Foreign governmentsForeign military salesForeign military sales policiesForeign salesManagement information systemsMilitary materielNational defense operationsWeapons systemsWeaponsMilitary sales