The International Arms Trade Shows No Sign of Slowing Down

The Secret Race (2010): As weapons trading escalates, the international arms race is picking up pace. For similar stories, see: How America Learned To Love The Bomb... Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uE50K18GIU America's Favourite Missile Test Site is No Longer Playing Ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0kx7dHXEgk The Fight To Rid The World Of Cluster Bombs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pxkXQ304E Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/4692 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Whilst the world has been distracted by the financial crisis crippling the global economy, one trade has been quietly thriving. In 2009 Obama budgeted an unprecedented 534 billion dollars for US armament; the biggest investment in arms since the Second World War. At the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute they have also observed in China "a significant modernization of weapon systems, designed to demonstrate that it is a major military power as well as an economic power.”" As these superpowers flex their muscles, their neighbours are racing to keep up. The last two years have seen conflicts in several continents, all fuelled by considerable weapons imports. Yet as a SIPRI expert notes, "the biggest problem we have is not the weapons purchases themselves but the atmosphere in which they are taking place. There is big mistrust and virtually no transparency, and in that there lies the real danger." ORF – Ref. 4692 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.