US sold $40B in weapons in 2015

The United States again ranked first in global weapons sales last year, according to a new congressional study.

The country signed deals worth $40 billion in 2015. That's far ahead of No. 2 France, which penned $15 billion in sales.

Developing nations continued to be the largest buyers of arms in 2015, with Qatar signing deals for more than $17 billion in weapons last year, followed by Egypt, which agreed to buy almost $12 billion in arms, and Saudi Arabia, with over $8 billion in weapons purchases.

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