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Expanding the Military Budget Is Wasteful and Unnecessary
It’s worth thinking about why defense spending is about to explode. It’s not because of some revolutionary change in the global security environment — aside from those pesky North Koreans ...
World Defense Spending Soars as Ukraine War Continues, IISS says
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine pushed military spending worldwide to $2.46 trillion in 2024, representing a 7.4% ...
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The US spends more on its military than the next 8 countries combined
According to 2015 estimates gathered by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States was responsible for 36% of the entire world's military spending. Even so ...
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Taiwan may cut its defense budget, just as Trump returns
Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.
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What NASA could do with US military's budget
It has achieved so much on a budget that is so small. Imagine if we gave NASA hundreds of billions of dollars a year like what we give the US military. What more could NASA have achieved over the ...