自1990年以来,随着冷战的结束,世界范围内爆发毁灭性战争的威胁大大减小,因而各国对军品的需求正逐渐减弱,导致全球军品贸易额从80年代中期的峰值上大幅下降,截止1995年,国际武器的贸易额以每年11.2%的速度下降。1991～1995年间,平均每年的武器贸易额估计为323亿美元,只是1985年的45%,这是自1972年以来的历史最低值。尽管武器贸易额在90年代中期有所回升,但仍远远低于10年前的水平。就美国这样的军事经济大 Since 1990, with the end of the cold war, the threat of a world-wide devastating war has drastically reduced. As a result, the demand for military products in various countries has gradually weakened, resulting in a sharp drop in the global military trade volume from the peak in the mid-1980s. In 1995, the volume of international arms trade declined at a rate of 11.2% per annum. Between 1991 and 1995, the average annual volume of arms trade was estimated at 32.3 billion U.S. dollars, up from 45% in 1985, the lowest level since 1972. Although the volume of arms trade has picked up in the mid-1990s, it is still well below the level of 10 years ago. As big as the U.S. military economy