»Europa hat seine Waffenimporte in nur fünf Jahren verdreifacht«

While tensions and conflicts in Asia and Oceania and the Middle East continue to drive large-scale arms imports, the sharp increase in arms flows to European states pushed global arms transfers up almost 10 per cent,’ said Mathew George, Director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. ‘Deliveries to Ukraine since 2022 are the most obvious factor, but most other European states have also started importing significantly more arms to shore up their military capabilities against a perceived growing threat from Russia.

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