An
overseas territory of the United Kingdom, Bermuda purchases small
amounts of weapons and equipment from U.S. corporations. These purchases
are licensed by the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS)
program. Licenses in recent years have included small arms and ammunition,
cryptographic machines and night-vision equipment. |
Snapshot |
Population:
62,472 (1999)
Land area: 19 sq. mi.
GDP p/c: $30,000 (1997)
Security forces: Bermuda Regiment, Bermuda Police
Force, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary; Defense is the responsibility
of the UK |
|
Program |
1996
actual |
1997
actual |
1998
actual |
1999
actual |
2000
actual |
2001
actual |
2002
estimate |
2003
estimate |
Direct
Commercial Sales
Sales from U.S. companies licensed by the U.S. government |
$1,071,319
(Licenses) |
$68,217
(Licenses) |
$49,545
(Licenses) |
$95,717
(Licenses) |
|
|
|
|
$10,000
(Deliveries as of September 1996) |
$0
(Deliveries as of September 1997) |
$113,953
(Deliveries as of September 1998) |
$0
(Deliveries as of September 1999) |
$0
(Deliveries as of September 2000) |
$0
(Deliveries as of January 2002) |
$4,000
(Expected deliveries) |
$4,000
(Expected deliveries) |
Sources:
Source
for "snapshot":
United
States, Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 1999,
(Washington: Central Intelligence Agency: 1999) <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/bd.html>.
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