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DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993                   TAG: 9310210114
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-15   EDITION: METRO 
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U.N. RELEASES ARMS-EXPORT REPORT

The United States was the world's largest exporter of combat aircraft and major land-based weaponry such as tanks, armored vehicles and artillery in 1992, according to data released Wednesday by the United Nations.

Germany led all other nations in exports of missiles and missile launchers, while Russia, France, Britain and China followed both nations in major arms exports, the U.N. data indicated. The major importing regions were Europe, Asia and the Near East.

The data represent the U.N.'s first annual depiction of global trade in conventional armaments since the General Assembly agreed in December 1991 to call for voluntary disclosures from all members. Arms-control groups had pushed for the disclosures after the 1991 Persian Gulf War with Iraq made clear that sophisticated weapons were being sold by developed countries to unstable regions. - The Washington Post

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