![Qatar will buy 72 F-15s from the United States in a deal worth $12bn [File: Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/12/23/829d18fb6a044dfca0e311888c353e9c_18.jpg "Pentagon: Boeing wins $6.2bn contract for Qatar's F-15")
Pentagon: Boeing wins $6.2bn contract for Qatar’s F-15 | Qatar News | Al Jazeera
World’s largest arms exporters
| 2012–2016 Rank |
Supplier | Arms Exp |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
47,169 |
| 2 |  Russia |
33,186 |
| 3 |  China |
9,132 |
| 4 |  France |
8,564 |
| 5 |  Germany |
7,946 |
| 6 |  United Kingdom |
6,586 |
| 7 |  Spain |
3,958 |
| 8 |  Italy |
3,823 |
| 9 |  Ukraine |
3,677 |
| 10 |  Israel |
3,233 |
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