The U.S. Still Outspends Every Other Country On Defense — By A Lot
Posted on AllSides April 24th, 2014
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The amount the United States spends on its military and other defense related budget items amounts to nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new graphic published by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation on Thursday.
The world spend $1.56 trillion on defense in 2013, with the U.S and its allies making up a large majority of those expenditures: