{"id":51965,"date":"2020-03-10T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/10\/heres-whats-behind-frances-72-jump-in-weapons-exports\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:47:50","slug":"heres-whats-behind-frances-72-jump-in-weapons-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/03\/10\/heres-whats-behind-frances-72-jump-in-weapons-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what\u2019s behind France\u2019s 72% jump in weapons exports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2020\/03\/09\/who-were-the-largest-major-arms-exporters-in-the-last-5-years\/\" target=_blank>France\u2019s spectacular 72 percent jump<\/a> in weapons\u2019 exports in the 2015-2019 period from five years prior is largely thanks to two companies: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2019\/01\/14\/france-orders-upgraded-rafale-warplanes-for-23-billion\/\" target=_blank>Dassault Aviation<\/a> and Naval Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first of those companies sold Rafale fighters to Egypt, India and Qatar, while the second has become the most successful exporter of warships in the world \u2014 if one includes orders \u2014 selling submarines to Brazil and India, frigates to Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, and mine-sweepers to Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2020\/02\/21\/europeans-dont-have-a-choice-naval-group-boss-pushes-for-shipyard-consolidation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1155241492.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Europeans don\u2019t have a choice\u2019: Naval Group boss pushes for shipyard consolidation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Europe\u2019s naval sector must join forces if it is to remain competitive with new entrants on the international market, according to the outgoing CEO of France\u2019s Naval Group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report released on March 9 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute notes that \u201cFrench arms exports reached their highest level for any five-year period since 1990 and accounted for 7.9 percent of total global arms exports in 2015-19.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diego Lopes Da Silva, a SIPRI researcher adds: \u201cThe French arms industry has benefited from the demand for arms in Egypt [which accounted for 26 percent of France\u2019s defense exports], Qatar and India [14 percent each].\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both politicians and defense industry leaders in France have understood that without exports they cannot afford to provide France\u2019s own armed forces with the most innovative and high-performing weapons. 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