One difficulty when comparing countries' exports in this area is gaining access to data, with little information available after 2016.
Wonder why,,,maybe optics?
Which EU countries export arms to Saudi Arabia?
Top ten countries according to value of licences issued
Spain
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Belgium
Sweden
Croatia
Italy
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Source: Official Journal of the European Union, 27 March 2015 - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ ... LL&from=EN
Categrories covered in data include: Smooth-bore weapons, ammunition and fuse setting devices, bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, alerting and warning equipment, ground vehicles, chemical or biological toxic agents, ‘energetic materials,’ vessels of war, ‘aircraft,’ ‘lighter than air vehicles,’ electronic equipment, high velocity kinetic energy weapon systems, armoured or protective equipment, specialised equipment for military training, imaging or countermeasure equipment, forgings, castings and other unfinished products, miscellaneous equipment, production equipment, directed energy weapon systems, cryogenic and ‘superconductive’ equipment, ‘Software’ and 'Technology'.
https://www.euronews.com/2017/11/30/whi ... di-arabia-