Europe is now the world’s biggest arms importer

According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published today, European countries more than tripled their arms imports from 2021 to 2025 compared to 2016 to 2020. Europe now accounts for 33 percent of global arms imports. “The sharp increase in arms flows to European states pushed global arms transfers up almost 10 percent,” said Mathew George, director of the sipri Arms Transfers Program. While European countries are investing heavily in their own arms industries, the data shows that they remain dependent on purchasing U.S. weapons platforms, such as combat aircraft and long-range air defense systems. Germany is leading Europe’s arming spree, which, as prophecy reveals, is a precursor to war.