The build-up and transfer of conventional arms

Spectacular world-wide military growth, both quantitative and qualitative, nuclear and conventional, has been one of the most constant and disquieting hallmarks of the post-war era. Nuclear weapons, by their sheer destructive potential, remain the central concern of international disarmament efforts. But the quantitative and qualitative growth and expansion of conventional armed forces and armaments, which consume the bulk of spiralling world military expenditures, have also been a source of growing international concern.

Related Subject(s): Disarmament