Graph of military spending by country

Ironslave · Feb 14, 2009

lol

Braaq · Feb 14, 2009

This surprises you? Since the end of WW II the Military Industrial Complex has been the largest receiver of the US budget and has only grown more and more throughout. The only country who rivaled us was the Soviet Union and that ended after the Cold War was over.

No surprise at all in this graph.

Ironslave · Feb 14, 2009

Doesn't surprise me, it's just funny to see how much of an outlier America's spending is to the rest of the world.

Tech · Feb 14, 2009

How much do Iraq and Afghanistan spend?

Braaq · Feb 14, 2009

Ironslave said:
Doesn't surprise me, it's just funny to see how much of an outlier America's spending is to the rest of the world.

I agree, the difference is pretty astounding.

Samoan-Z · Feb 15, 2009

Umm i find that chart inaccurate im sure USA spent more than that, I thought military spending it the trillions.

Pickle · Feb 16, 2009

Tech said:
How much do Iraq and Afghanistan spend?

dont americans upkeep Iraq and Afghanistan ? :deadhorse:

wait why are the french spending so much money?
what fights do they fight? the war on cheese?

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MrChewiebitums · Feb 16, 2009

american is the only country continuously upgrading and upkeeping its army which at the same time is one of the best.
what other country has all those aircraft carriers? (us has like 13 the other countries dont even near 5 i i`m not mistaken)
i`m pretty sure all those arent cheap

Ironslave · Feb 16, 2009

MrChewiebitums said:
american is the only country continuously upgrading and upkeeping its army which at the same time is one of the best.
what other country has all those aircraft carriers? (us has like 13 the other countries dont even near 5 i i`m not mistaken)
i`m pretty sure all those arent cheap

Yet somehow, America's military isn't nearly as strong as it was 10 years ago.

Epic policy failure.

Line · Feb 16, 2009

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Clint · Feb 16, 2009

MrChewiebitums said:
american is the only country continuously upgrading and upkeeping its army which at the same time is one of the best.
what other country has all those aircraft carriers? (us has like 13 the other countries dont even near 5 i i`m not mistaken)
i`m pretty sure all those arent cheap

Army has aircraft carriers now? crazy.

oh, and lol at that chart, I'd have imagined more. What they need to do is take a large portion of that spending and put it in my paycheck, happy day.

Big04pimpin · Feb 16, 2009

woot! for that much we should be ruling the world.

Adam23 · Feb 16, 2009

the US should use this money to fix their economy, not spent it all on the damn army :no:

Bulkboy · Feb 16, 2009

percentage wise of GDP alot of countries spend more than the US though, but the US economy is so fucking huge that 3-4% constitutes a shitload. both russia and china spends the same % of GDP on military, but offc their economies are alot smaller.

Tech · Feb 16, 2009

I fully support the US having the largest military in the world. I would have no problem with them spending $500Billion on the military, if the military was only used within the US borders. Hell, I'd support the idea of completely lining our borders with tanks, soldiers, etc. 365 days a year.

The problem is, we are spending billions on the military because we have bases all over the world for no reason. If we'd close all our bases and bring the US troops back home, the military wouldn't need so much money. And this country would be much safer.

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