World Military Expenditures

[Jcrowley]

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp

[IChing]

1. the circle graph doesn't show the whole picture for some.

just a bar one

[ngant17]

3. It might be more enlightening to view it

from a long-term historical view. Obviously, US military spending is high at the moment because of Iraq/Afghanistan wars. Who has consistently out-spent the other nations for the longest? No brainer, it has to be the USA.

How about comparing the 6 or 8 highest spenders, and see how they stack up over the last 50 years? Russia/Soviet Union would have to be treated as a special case. China might be more interesting in the historical context.

[Lasher]

2. Maybe we'll finally see some national discourse about defense spending reform (EOM)