Monday, November 03, 2014

U.S. Military Spending Dwarfs Rest Of World

Image: The U.S. spent more on defense in 2012 than the countries with the next 10 highest budgets combined.

The $682 billion spent by the U.S. in 2012, according to the Office of Management and Budget, was more than the combined military spending of China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, Italy and Brazil — which spent $652 billion, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.

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