南非是世界十大军火生产国之一,每年用于军火开发与生产的费用占其国防开支的50%左右。80年代后期,南非武器自给率达95%,并大量出口外国。阿姆斯科公司是南非统一管理一切武器装备的研制、生产和采购的单位。它的总部设在比勒陀利亚,现拥有18亿兰特(1美元约合2.6兰特)的资产,有11个分厂。该公司是南非第三大出口创汇企业,每年获利达10亿兰特,创汇1000万美元,使南非稳居世 South Africa is one of the ten largest arms-producing countries in the world and spends about 50% of its national defense expenditure annually on arms development and production. In the late 1980s, South Africa’s arms self-sufficiency rate reached 95%, and a large number of foreign exports. Amsco is South Africa’s unified management of all weapons and equipment development, production and procurement units. Headquartered in Pretoria, it now has assets of 1.8 billion rand (1 US dollar equals 2.6 rand) and 11 branches. The company is the third largest export-earning enterprise in South Africa with a profit of 1 billion rand and a foreign exchange gain of 10 million U.S. dollars, making South Africa a stable