Iraq globally ranked second country importing weapons in 2015

(IraqiNews.com) Iraq has globally ranked the second country importing arms in 2015, after South Korea, which came in first place worldwide as the largest buyer of weapons, where the total value of the bills for the purchase of weapons paid by Seoul was $7.8 billion, as a result of the continuation of the state of security tension with its northern neighbor, according to reports by local media outlets on Saturday.

Iraq has ranked during the fiscal year 2014/2015 the second largest country in the world importing arms, reaching a total bill for the purchase of arms of $7.3 billion, while South Korea came in first place worldwide as the largest buyer of weapons reaching a bill of some $7 billion only for the producers of arms in the United States.

Brazil came in third place as the largest buyer of weapons globally over the past year, reaching a bill of $6.5 billion. Brazil was also the main importer of the Swedish-made fighter jets last year, according to the reports.