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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis Chart Shows How The Rest Of The World Doesn't Even Come Close To US Military Spending
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-spending-chart-2014-4Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie/DVIDS
An infantryman returns to his base after an eight-day mission in Afghanistan.
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According to the report, a decrease in American spending is due to the reduction of overseas military operations, chiefly in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The report also notes the role of territorial disputes, namely Russia's recent grab of Crimea and China's assertive behavior towards Japan in the East China Sea as well as Vietnam in the South China Sea.
Russia's confrontations with the West over Crimea alludes to Moscow's larger resurgent military objectives namely, The State Armaments Plan 2011-2020.
Within this plan, Russia aims to replace 70 percent of military equipment with 'modern' weapons by devoting approximately $705 billion for expenditures.
China's healthy economic growth and steady military spending shows a more long-term defense policy.
The following chart shows how the top 15 nations in defense expenditures rank:
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-spending-chart-2014-4#ixzz2zQY2Vpuu
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This Chart Shows How The Rest Of The World Doesn't Even Come Close To US Military Spending (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2014
OP
They're too busy spending their money on universal health care and infrastructure.......
marmar
Apr 2014
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marmar
(77,091 posts)1. They're too busy spending their money on universal health care and infrastructure.......
..... you know, weird sh*t like that.
KG
(28,753 posts)2. they're also not pretending the world is their enemy...
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
... just what is it the defense budget is defending?
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. + a gazillion. nt