Even without the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which are fast approaching $600 billion, U.S. military spending is now the largest item in the federal budget.
Since one year's military spending equals about 615 years of the UN annual budget, such a reduction in military costs would also strengthen the United Nations' efforts and possibilities to"save succeeding generations from the scourge of war".
IPB Co-President Ingeborg Breines set the tone, when she declared:"Excessive military expenditures not only represent a theft from those who are hungry and suffer, but are also an ineffective means of obtaining human security and a culture of peace.
Since one year military spending equals 615 years of the UN annual budget, such a reduction in military costs would also strengthen the United Nations' efforts and possibilities to“ save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.
While Chinese military expenditure tends to concentrate on offensive weaponry, including nuclear and offensive missile systems, Japanese expenditure has been directed only to defensive weaponry, reflecting a self-imposed"defense only" policy.
Last year, arms purchases and military spending amounted to more than $1.7 trillion: a record sum since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is about 80 times the amount needed for global humanitarian aid.
Spending falls sharply in Russia, but increases in central and western Europe At$ 66,3 billion, Russia's military expenditures in the 2017 were 20% lower than the 2016, the first annual decline from the 1998.
On a global level, the weight of military spending is clearly shifting from the Euro-Atlantic region". China drives the continued increase in expenditures in Asia and Oceania Military spending in Asia and Oceania increased for the 29 year in a row.
Even worse, while military spending clearly provides direct benefits to the Lockheed Martins{62} and KBRs{63} of the military-industrial complex, these investments don't, as economist James Heintz{64} says, boost the“long-run productivity of the rest of the private sector” the way infrastructure investments do.
現在米国の軍事支出は世界の半分。
Today the U.S. accounts for half of the globe's military spending.
現在米国の軍事支出は世界の半分。
Today the United States accounts for half of all the world's military spending.
同国の軍事支出は世界第13位である。
While its military expenditure is the world's 13th-largest.
軍事支出は依然として日々増加を続けています。
Military spending continues to rise everyday.
軍事支出は依然として日々増加を続けています。
Military spending continues to raise everyday.
中国の軍事支出はアメリカが注意深く監視しています。
Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States.
一方でイランの軍事支出は比較的少額に留まっています。
Despite these achievements, Iran's military spending is relatively modest.
現在、米国の軍事支出はロシアの約8倍にのぼる。
For instance, that the US spends almost eight times more than Russia on defence.
戦争と軍事支出は経済に良いと往々にして信じられている。
It is often believed that wars and military spending increases are good for the economy.
年の核実験以降、インドの軍事支出は大幅に増加している。
Since the 1998 nuclear tests, there have been very large increases in Indian military spending.
緊縮財政の余韻を残しながらも世界の軍事支出は再び増加している。
Despite the global financial recession, military spending is continuing to rise.
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