Sentence examples for weapons markets from inspiring English sources

In the following days in Ramadi, and then in the nearby town of Fallujah, Prior records a series of successful raids on houses and weapons markets.

On the ground in Darfur's numerous weapons markets, traders say restrictions will not affect sales, and that they will continue "selling to anyone who will pay" regardless of the planned restrictions.

The next day, one of his guards drove me past a weapons market at the airport, where I saw row after row of rifles, ammunition boxes and grenades.

This attitude has played a large role in the surge in popularity of military-style weapons marketed specifically for home defense, and brought companies like Weatherby into that niche.

But military experts in Taiwan say given the current conditions of America's weapons market, the White House could only be referring to F-16 C/Ds.No one in Taiwan doubts that the island needs new jets.

The global weapons market is estimated to be worth $55bn, and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs states that the "trade in conventional weapons – from warships and battle tanks to fighter jets and machine guns – remains poorly regulated.

South Korea has always been a lucrative weapons market, but one almost entirely controlled by the United States, which maintains thousands of troops here under a mutual defense treaty to protect against rival North Korea.

The weapons market, a long row of one-room shops selling enough small and medium arms to equip a small battalion, marked the end of the state's nominal control.

The justice minister has called for the revival of the death penalty, the defence minister has promised personally to cut off rebels' hands and heads, and the interior minister has ordered his police into no-go areas such as Baghdad's weapons market.

Nonetheless, Turkey's selection of a Chinese state-owned manufacturer is a breakthrough for China, a nation that has set its sights on moving up the value chain in arms technology and establishing itself as a credible competitor in the global weapons market.

A more recent addition to Mr. Primakov's doctrine is the Russian drive to become an important player on the Middle East weapons market.