arms dealers
Military equipment merchants
Arms dealers are people or businesses that sell weapons and military equipment.
The term ranges from licensed manufacturers supplying national militaries to shadowy intermediaries trafficking guns to conflict zones.
The arms dealer had connections throughout Eastern Europe.
The phrase often carries negative connotations, suggesting profit from violence or willingness to circumvent export laws.
- weaponsTools for fighting
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- proxy warsWarfare through allied states
- sanctions evasionAvoiding imposed trade restrictions
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
gunrunners · black market · under the table · shell companies · brokers · proliferation · rifles · defense contractors · pistols · illicit trade · conflict · missiles · cartels · traffickers · guerrilla warfare · sanctions · mercenaries · war zones
- arms tradegun runner, black market guns, weapons embargo, military exports, defense industries
- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- Defense ContractorsLockheed Martin, Raytheon, RTX, Boeing, Thales
- defense industrydefense contractors, defense spending, defense production, defense budget, defense technology
- gunrunningsmugglers, trafficking routes, weapons caches, contraband, AK-47
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
arms dealerspeacekeepers
Forces maintaining cease-fires
peace negotiators · diplomats · peace activists · mediators · pacifists
arms dealersDoctors Without Borders
Humanitarian medical aid group
Red Cross workers · medical suppliers · aid organizations · relief workers · UNICEF
arms dealersphilanthropists
Generous supporters of good causes
saints · saviors · Good Samaritans · Mother Teresa · aid workers
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