根据主要军备控制监督机构的最新报告，过去五年来，美国的主要武器出口增长了23％。
斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所周日发布的2019年武器转让报告显示，美国已“大幅度”扩大了对96个国家的武器出口。
美国仍然是世界上最大的个人武器出口国，占2015-19年度全部武器出口的36％，高于2010-14年度的31％。
SIPRI指出，有96个美国商品客户是“武器出口目的地比任何其他供应商都高得多”。第二大供应商是俄罗斯，占所有武器销售的21％。
但是美国正在迅速超越冷战的对手，美国和俄罗斯之间的武器出口总额差距在2010-14年为17％，在2015-19年度增至76％。
在2015年至2019年期间，中东国家占美国所有军事出口的51％，比2014-14年度增长了79％。美国是沙特阿拉伯，伊拉克，卡塔尔，阿拉伯联合酋长国，以色列，约旦和科威特等国家的主要武器供应国。
沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋在也门与伊朗支持的胡塞叛军作战时，严重依赖美国的武器。尽管有国内反对派和参议院投票反对美国对战争的支持，但美国仍继续向沙特领导的联盟供应大量武器和其他物资。
沙特阿拉伯是2015-19年度美国武器最大的接受国，占美国武器出口总量的25％。在2010-14年度，沙特阿拉伯占出口的7.4％。2015-19财年，沙特阿拉伯所有武器进口中的73％来自美国，三分之二的阿联酋进口来自美国。
在2015-19年交付的武器中，2011年订购的154架战斗机中有30架。SIPRI指出，唐纳德·特朗普总统政府还授权于2019年向沙特出售约59,000枚制导炸弹。
2015-19年度，亚洲和大洋洲地区占美国武器出口的30％。尽管来自印度等国家的订单明显减少，但印度的美国出口下降了51％。巴基斯坦（92％），韩国（34％）和台湾（38％）也大大削减了美国的武器进口。
特朗普最近访问了印度，并称赞两国之间日益增长的国防关系和武器交易，但SIPRI数据显示，双边关系并不像总统希望的那样有利可图。到目前为止，俄罗斯仍然是印度最大的武器装备来源。
澳大利亚弥补了亚洲和大洋洲的不景气，使美国进口量增加了41％，并在2015-19年度成为全球第二大美国武器进口国。对日本的销售额也增长了85％。
同时，欧洲在2015-19年度占武器出口的13％，比2010-14年度增长了45％。在2010-14年度，美国对非洲的出口增长了10％，对美洲的出口下降了20％。
U.S. HAS INCREASED MAJOR ARMS EXPORTS BY 23 PERCENT IN FIVE YEARS, REPORT SAYS
America's major arms exports have increased 23 percent over the last five years, according to a new report from a leading arms control watchdog.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's 2019 arms transfers report, released Sunday, shows that the U.S. has "dramatically" expanded arms exports to a total of 96 countries.
The U.S. remains the largest individual arms exporter in the world accounting for 36 percent of all weapons exported from 2015-19—up from 31 percent from 2010-14.
SIPRI noted that the 96 customers for American goods was a "far higher number of destinations for arms exports than any other supplier." The second largest supplier was Russia, which accounted for 21 percent of all arms sales.
But the U.S. is fast outstripping its Cold War rival—the gap in total arms exports between the U.S. and Russia was 17 percent in 2010-14, increasing to 76 percent in 2015-19.
Middle Eastern nations accounted for 51 percent of all U.S. military exports between 2015 and 2019, representing a 79 percent increase on 2014-14. The U.S. was the primary arms supplier to nations including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan and Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE were heavily reliant on American weaponry as they fought Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Despite domestic opposition and a Senate vote to block American support for the war, the U.S. has continued to supply significant amounts of arms and other supplies to the Saudi-led coalition.
Saudi Arabia was the largest individual recipient of American weapons from 2015-19, accounting for 25 per cent of all U.S. arms exports. In 2010-14 the Saudis accounted for 7.4 percent of exports.Seventy-three percent of all Saudi Arabia arms imports came from the U.S. from 2015-19, as did two-thirds of UAE imports.
Among the weapons delivered from 2015-19 were 30 of the 154 combat aircraft ordered in 2011. President Donald Trump's administration also authorized the sale of some 59,000 guided bombs to the Saudis in 2019, SIPRI noted.
The Asia and Oceania region accounted for 30 percent of U.S. arms exports in 2015-19. This was despite significant decreases in orders from countries including India, whose U.S. exports went down by 51 percent. Pakistan (92 percent), South Korea (34 percent) and Taiwan (38 percent) also significantly cut their American arms imports.
Trump recently visited India and lauded the growing defense relationship and arms deals between the two nations, but the SIPRI data shows that bilateral ties are not as lucrative as the president would like. Russia remains by far India's largest source of weaponry.
Australia took up some the slack in Asia and Oceania, increasing its U.S. imports by 41 percent and becoming the second-largest importer of American weapons worldwide in 2015-19. Sales to Japan also increased by 85 percent.
Europe, meanwhile, accounted for 13 percent of arms exports in 2015-19, a 45 percent increase on 2010-14. U.S. exports to Africa increased by 10 percent on 2010-14 and those to the Americas fell by 20 percent.
