The global arms industry for the majority of the twentieth century had been running on a rather lopsided basis. Advanced weapons systems were developed, manufactured, and shipped by developed countries. Developing nations, regardless of the scale of their security challenges, were left without control to purchase what they were offered, usually paying a staggering toll financially and in politically problematic circumstances.

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