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Russia has overtaken the USA on volumes of sale of the weapon.
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Russia became the leader on sale of the weapon in developing countries in 2005, having pushed aside with this position of the USA, as they say in the annual report of the American congress. France has taken the second place in this list, and the USA - the third. The congress as transfers BBC, has come to conclusion, that the USA have not managed to take advantage of new opportunities in the developing countries, resulted a rise in prices on oil. For 2005, according to congressmen, Russia has earned 7 billion dollars while the profit of the USA has fallen up to 6,2 billion in comparisons about 9,4 billion in 2004 on sale of the weapon. France in the past to year has sold to developing countries of the weapon on 6,3 billion dollars, and in 2004 all on 1 billion These jump experts explain to prisoners with India the contract on delivery of six submarines by total cost 3,5 billion dollars. India and China - the basic buyers of the Russian weapon, however Moscow sells to its and other countries. So, in 2005 Russia has sold to Iran rocket systems of a class the ground-air that Teheran has bought for protection against possible avia impacts on the nuclear objects. Besides the Russian experts update hardware of bombers and fighters of the Iranian Air Forces, and also tank T-72 consisting on arms of the Iranian army. India in 2005 became the cores among developing countries the buyer of the weapon, having spent more than 5 billion dollars. China has spent 2,1 billion dollars for the weapon. Authors of the report mark, that Iran and Northern Korea probably buy from Beijing technologies on manufacture of rockets that causes fears in congressmen.
