Cuts force rethink for defence contractors

Western defence contractors faced a growing struggle to sell their weapons internationally in 2011 as their biggest customers cut back military spending, new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published in April 2012 has found.

ESO: Background information: Military spending: EU dwarf shrinks as US gets bigger http://www.europeansources.info/record/military-spending-eu-dwarf-shrinks-as-us-gets-bigger/

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