Las autoridades de Francia han entendido que sin exportaciones, no es posible sostener una base Industrial para la Defensa moderna y competitiva. El notable incremento de un 75% en las exportaciones de sistemas de armas en los \u00faltimos 5 a\u00f1os, es debido principalmente a dos grandes empresas de ese pa\u00eds como Dassault Aviation y Naval Group, este \u00faltimo uno de los m\u00e1s exitosos exportadores de sistemas navales del mundo.<\/p>\n
PARIS \u2013 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: Dassault Aviation<\/a> and Naval Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 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 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<\/div>\n 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<\/div>\n 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. Furthermore, buying weapons from the United States brings red tape, including requirement for congressional authorization on all foreign military sales, which can delay the process and some argue shackle France\u2019s sovereignty<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the words of Herv\u00e9 Guillou, the out-going CEO of Naval Group, \u201cno European country can maintain the competitivity of its defense industry based on just its own domestic market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n