Arms Deals

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 13.7 anger · 32.8 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-19). Tone split: 50% of articles read distinctly negative, 50% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• United States (22)

Countries where Arms Deals coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage +14.4%, reader interest +0.0%.

Top recent articles

1. Peraton Lands $117M Army RCC-E Cyber Defense Contract — executivebiz.com
2. UPDATE: SA ARMS EXPORTS TO US - Southern Africa Litigation Centre — southernafricalitigationcentre.org
3. Israels Polizeiminister : Grünenpolitiker Lucks fordert Sanktionen gegen Itamar Ben - Gvir — zeit.de
4. Pentágono defende capacidade militar em meio a investimento bilionário para reforçar estoques — jornaldebrasilia.com.br
5. 강남 20년 임대 논란 무기 계약 해달라 vs 다른 사람은 ? — munhwa.com
6. Raytheon awarded $22 . 9B contract to build more Tomahawks in Tucson — kvoa.com
7. Pentágono defende capacidade militar em meio a investimento bilionário para reforçar estoques - 18 / 08 / 2026 — dgabc.com.br
8. 【 环时深度 】 冲击战后国际秩序 ， 日本军事动作频繁 — hqtime.huanqiu.com
9. 冲击战后国际秩序 ， 日本军事动作频繁 — mil.ifeng.com
10. Mjanmas vadonis vizītē Krievijā mēģina apzināt bruņojuma piegādes iespējas — lsm.lv
11. ANC hero Marius Schoon son , Fritz , is a DA candidate for Joburg — dailymaverick.co.za
12. Deutsche Reaktionen auf Ben Gvir : Die taktische Empörung der chronisch Unterempörten — taz.de
13. Прокуратура оспаривает продажу завода Минобороны РФ в Новороссийске — kuban24.tv
14. Rus basınından dikkat çeken iddia : Moskova , Ankaranın S - 400 planına yeşil ışık mı yaktı ? — samanyoluhaber.com
15. NEC Secures Japan Defense Contract to Build First AI That Hears Submarines and Earthquakes — techtimes.com
16. Entsetzen über Äußerung : Israelischer Minister für tägliche Tötung von Palästinensern — taz.de
17. 传统军工方向机会凸显 机构推荐多个高景气赛道 - CFi . CN 中财网 — cfi.net.cn
18. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — kreiszeitung.de
19. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — az-online.de
20. Saudi - Turkey - Pakistan military alliance wont bring security , US ouster from the region will — presstv.co.uk
21. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — kreisbote.de
22. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — schwaebische-post.de
23. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — op-online.de
24. Ben - Gvir will „ 30 , 40 Menschen entfernen – massive Kritik : „ Schande — wa.de
25. S - 400 planına Moskovadan yeşil ışık – Güncel Haberler , Son Dakika Haberleri , Turktime Haber Portalı — turktime.com
26. Межгосударственные отношения России и Мьянмы — 1prime.ru
27. L3Harris因未指明 行为 罢免CEO 股价下跌4 %_ 新浪财经 _ 新浪网 — finance.sina.com.cn
28. Conversation with California State Guard Commanding General — kcbx.org
29. Itamar Ben - Gvir : Politiker fordern EU - Sanktionen gegen Israels Minister Ben - Gvir — zeit.de
30. Tötungen im Gazastreifen - Aussagen von Israels Minister Ben - Gvir lösen in Deutschland Empörung aus — deutschlandfunk.de
31. Пентагон потпиша договор на , речиси , 23 милијарди долари за забрзано производство на ракети „ Томахавк — telma.com.mk
32. Parsons Secures 1st DTRA CTRIC IV Task Order — executivebiz.com
33. Telos ( TLS ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — fool.com
34. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co . Ltd . Buys Shares of 3 , 357 , 045 RTX Corporation $RTX — themarketsdaily.com
35. 13 , 927 Shares in RTX Corporation $RTX Purchased by OMC Financial Services LTD — themarketsdaily.com
36. Πώς ο Κιμ Γιονγκ Ουν παρέκαμψε τις κυρώσεις και έβαλε στα ταμεία της Πιονγκγιάνγκ έως $22 δισ . — tothemaonline.com
37. Trump utasítsára a Pentagon visszafogja a dél - koreai hadgyakorlatokat , Kim Dzsongun kedvrt — hu.euronews.com
38. Inside India post - Sindoor defence overhaul : Bigger budgets , new formations and record exports — economictimes.indiatimes.com
39. Pistoles al carrer : la policia tem que els delinqüents comuns imitin les màfies — ara.cat
40. What shrinking US missile stocks means for allies and adversaries around the world — atlanticcouncil.org

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Related fact-checks

• “I know they’re [Senators] talking about different kinds of sanctions, but they’re [Saudi Arabia] spending $110 billion on military equipment and on things that create jobs, like jobs and others for this country. I don’t like the concept of stopping an investment of $110 billion into the United States.”
  Four PinocchiosThe Washington Post · 2018-10-12

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Arms Deals receiving right now?

As of August 19, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.001% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 2 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Arms Deals increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 14.4% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Arms Deals?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.14, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.