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Airplanes and industry. Third year in a row of decrease in global armament sales

Stockholm, Sweden - The Italian Finmeccanica, at ninth place in the world, has lost 1.97 billion dollars in 2013

SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) revealed that sales of arms and military services, worth 420 billion dollars, have decreased by 2% in 2013. These figures are included in the last study on the world’s 100 largest defence companies -excluding China- published by the Swedish organization. It is the third consecutive annual fall for the sector, even though thing went better t...

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Rome, Italy, 12/15/2014 21:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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