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**verizon** · 09-03-2010, 04:37 PM

Rank Country Spending ($ b.)

1 US 607.0
2 China 84.9
3 France 65.7
4 UK 65.3
5 Russia 58.6
6 Germany 46.8
7 Japan 46.3
8 Italy 40.6
9 Saudis 38.2
10 India 30.0
11 S. Korea 24.2
12 Brazil 23.3
13 Canada 19.3
14 Spain 19.2
15 Australia 18.4

Cmon...you can't get by with say, $400B?

Think about how many countries on that list we protect military. We provide the majority of the defense spending for 10 of the 14 countries on that list (other than ourselves of course), not to mention dozens of other countries (all of the NATO countries not listed above for instance). Don't you think that might impact our defense spending just a little?

09-03-2010, 04:37 PM	#24
verizon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	Rank Country Spending ($ b.) 1 US 607.0 2 China 84.9 3 France 65.7 4 UK 65.3 5 Russia 58.6 6 Germany 46.8 7 Japan 46.3 8 Italy 40.6 9 Saudis 38.2 10 India 30.0 11 S. Korea 24.2 12 Brazil 23.3 13 Canada 19.3 14 Spain 19.2 15 Australia 18.4 Cmon...you can't get by with say, $400B? Think about how many countries on that list we protect military. We provide the majority of the defense spending for 10 of the 14 countries on that list (other than ourselves of course), not to mention dozens of other countries (all of the NATO countries not listed above for instance). Don't you think that might impact our defense spending just a little?
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