History Main / ArmsFair

Basically, a yard sale for helicopter gunships, tanks, artillery, large quantities of automatic weapons, and other useful tools for starting and finishing small wars.

* Illegal BlackMarket: By crime gangs or terrorist groups, located in an isolated field or hangar. Attracts criminal, terrorist and mercenary customers. Also attracts the attention of authorities such as police and military.

* Legal: Organised by a government or big corporation and taking place in a conference centre. Attracts fans and protestors.
* Illegal: By crime gangs or terrorist groups, located in some field somewhere. Attracts authorities such as police and military.

* Legal: Organised by a government or big corporation and taking place in a conference centre. Attracts protestors.
* Illegal: By crime gangs or terrorist groups, located in some field somewhere. Attracts police and military.

* A short for ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray'' shows Lowe and the gang at a fair on Earth and getting in trouble after he buys the head of a [[MechaMooks BuCue]] containing sensitive military information.

* ''Film/LordOfWar'' has had several – all illegal. And with Russian military–themed women dancing on tanks. The one with the Russian military–themed women was implied to be legit, or as legit as you can get with an arms sale held by corrupt elements of the post-Soviet military hosted by a laissez-faire Middle Eastern state.
* The plot of ''Film/DealOfTheCentury'' revolves around one.
* ''Film/BabylonAD'' opens with Vin Diesel striding through a rain-drenched arms market in Eastern Europe to complain about a pistol he bought for only $20 that misfired on him.
* One appears in ''Film/StreetFighter'' being run by M. Bison. Chun-Li ends up rigging a truck full of explosives to crash into the main tent, but Bison and everyone else manage to escape.

* The ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel ''Interference'', is partly set at an arms fair where Sarah Jane Smith is undercover writing an expose.

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* The first ''Comicbook/ThePunisher Summer Special'' opens with Frank visiting one, and coincidentally meeting an old Vietnam War acquaitance there. Said acquaitance turns out to be a villain of the story.
* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Ulysses Armstrong, otherwise known as "the General", first meets Ali Ben Khadir, the young leader of a country bordering {{Qurac}}, at an arms fair. The two become friends and Ali gives Armstrong some influence on his military, until he realizes just how violent and blood thirsty his new friend is.

* In the ActionPrologue of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an arms fair for international terrorists and the like to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to destroy the equipment. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with ''nuclear torpedoes'' on board, fights his way to it and steals it just in time.
** Which wouldn't have gone nuclear in the case of being hit by cruise missiles anyway. Since you need a very specific trigger and critical mass to arm and detonate a nuclear device, all it would have done was splash some nuclear material round. Not the best outcome (and certainly an outcome that would have produced unacceptable collateral damage and political fallout), but not a UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}}-[=level=] event, either.

* In TheTeaser of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an arms fair for international terrorists and the like to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to destroy the equipment. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with ''nuclear torpedoes'' on board, fights his way to it and steals it just in time.

* Illegal: By a crime gang or terrorist group, located in some field somewhere. Attracts police and military.

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* ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii Goldeneye]]'' for the Wii features a level taking place at an arms fair.
* In ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop. There is a level called ''Arms Black Market'' where you have to take down an Illegal Arms Fair going on at a shipping port.

* In TheTeaser of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an arms fair to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to destroy the equipment. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear torpedoes]] on board.
** Which wouldn't have gone nuclear in the case of being hit by cruise missiles anyway. Since you need a very specific trigger and critical mass to arm and detonate a nuclear device, all it would have done was splash some nuclear material round. Not the best outcome (and certainly an outcome that would have produced unacceptable collateral damage and political fallout), but not a Chernobyl-level event, either.

* In TheTeaser of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an arms fair to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to take it the arms fair. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear torpedoes]] on board at the fair.

While it has almost certainly occurred in fiction, having a HoodOrnamentHottie in skimpy camo holding a large machine gun sounds too much like self-parody for any real company to actually do it, regardless of what occurs at E3.

** Which wouldn't have gone nuclear in the case of being hit by cruise missiles anyway. Since you need a very specific trigger and critical mass to arm and detonate a nuclear device, all it would have done was splash some nuclear material round. Not the best outcome, but not a Chernobyl-level event, either.

While it has almost certainly occured in fiction, having a HoodOrnamentHottie in skimpy camo holding a large machine gun sounds too much like self parody for any real company to actually do it, regardless of what occurs at E3.

* In TheTeaser of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an arms fair to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to take it the arms fair. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with [[MnogoNukes nuclear torpedoes]] on board at the fair.

* The SHOT show, probably the most publicized convention for high tech, brand new, and just plain interesting weaponry. It's difficult to get an invite without being in the industry, but even Youtube shooters with enough prominence (like Fate of Destinee) get admission.

* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' features extensive sequences showing off that the entire city Mogadishu qualifies as an ArmsFair, despite being under the control of a ruthless warlord who will kill people trying to get the food supplies sent by various aid groups.
* In the PreTitlesSequence of ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Film/JamesBond must infiltrate an Arms Fair to confirm its location and is observing the event. Over the objections of M, who wants Bond to finish his recon, British and Russian generals order a Tomahawk missile to take it the arms fair. As the missile is launched, Bond discovers an L-39 Albatros with [[MnogoNukes nuclear torpedoes]] on board at the fair.
** Which wouldn't have gone nuclear in the case of being hit by cruise missiles anyway. Since you need a very specific trigger and critical mass to arm and detonate a nuclear device, all it would have done was splash some nuclear material round. Not the best outcome, but not a Chernobyl-level event either.
* ''Film/LordOfWar'' has had several - all illegal. And with Russian-Military-themed women dancing on tanks. The one with the Russian-Military-themed women was implied to be legit, or as legit as you can get with an arms sale held by corrupt elements of the post-Soviet military hosted by a laissez-faire Middle Eastern state.

* In {{Virtua Cop}}. There is a level called ''Arms Black Market'' where you have to take down an Illegal Arms Fair going on at a shipping port.

* A short for ''GundamSEEDAstray'' shows Lowe and the gang at a fair on Earth and getting in trouble after he buys the head of a [[MechaMooks BuCue]] containing sensitive military information.

* Legal: Organised by a government or big corporation and taking place in a conference centre. Attract protestors.
* Illegal: By a crime gang or terrorist group, located in some field somewhere. Attract police and military.

* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is set at one.

* In {{Virtua Cop}}, there is a level called ''Arms Black Market'' where you have to take down an Illegal Arms Fair going on at a shipping port.

* In [[Virtua Cop]], there is a level called ''Arms Black Market'' where you have to take down an Illegal Arms Fair going on at a shipping port.