Stun guns in demand in Germany amid security concerns

In this picture taken on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, owner of Euro Security Products, a self defense equipment company, Bretislav Kostal displays a stun gun in Prague, Czech Republic.  (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Tehran says Russian S-300 missiles on the way

Russian army S-300 air-defense missiles move during a final rehearsal of a Victory Day parade at Red Square, Moscow, May 2008. (photo credit: AP/Sergey Ponomarev, File)

Defense minister says Iranian troops training in Russia to operate the anti-aircraft weapons, which will arrive by the end of 2015

Syria mission demonstrates Russia’s new prowess

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, Russian air force personnel stand near a Russian war plane at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria. Nearly a quarter of a century after the Soviet collapse, the air campaign in Syria has proven that the resurgent Russian military machine could again operate far away from the nation’s borders. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)

Iran unveils new missile, says peace requires military might

Iranian officials inspect the new surface-to-surface ballistic missile, unveiled Saturday, August 22, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

At unveiling ceremony, Rouhani vows Iran ‘will buy, sell and develop any weapons we need, will not ask for permission’

Mideast arms sales surging to record $18b in 2015, with Saudis in lead

A Saudi soldier sits atop an armored vehicle on the border with Yemen, at a military post in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

As Western nations boost supplies to their allies in the region, analysts warn of destabilizing effects; US is biggest exporter, Israel is 7th

US warship heads to Yemen to block Iranian weapons

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, file (Photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Aircraft carrier in Arabian sea to enforce arms embargo on Houthi rebels, monitor Iranian weapons convoy

Lebanon gets first shipment of $3B worth of French arms

Lebanese army soldiers stand in front of French weapons at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 20, 2015. Lebanon has received the first shipment of $3 billion worth of French weapons paid for by Saudi Arabia. The handover ceremony occurred Monday at Beirut’s international airport and was attended by Lebanese, French defense ministers, and top army officers. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Report: Iran sends navy vessels near Yemen amid airstrikes

FILE – In this file photo released Sept. 24, 2014 by the official Saudi Press Agency, Saudi pilots sits in the cockpit of a fighter jet as part of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Islamic State militants and other targets in Syria, in Saudi Arabia. The United States is speeding up the delivery of weapons to the Saudi-led coalition launching airstrikes against Shiite rebels in Yemen and is committed to defending Saudi Arabia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said Tuesday, April 7, 2015, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency, File)

Officer involved in shooting of teenager in Charlotte, North Carolina

N. Tryon shut down at 16th St.(Photo: WCNC Staff)

Obama warns of military showdown if Iran talks fail

US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron in the East Room of the White House on January 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: AFP/MANDEL NGAN)

US president urges Congress not to jeopardize diplomatic efforts, vowing to veto additional sanctions