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Comment: Conventional arms Trade.

  • UPSC 1998
  • 20 marks
  • Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy

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The conventional arms trade is the international transfer, by sale, licence or aid, of non-nuclear weapons: the "major arms" that SIPRI tracks (combat aircraft, warships, armour, artillery, missiles and air defence) and the small arms and light weapons that do most of the killing in civil wars. Unlike nuclear weapons, conventional arms face no prohibition,…

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  • Structure of the market
  • Why states trade arms
  • Regulation and its limits
  • India's position
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