Global spending on arms tops $1 trillion

BeyondThePale

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Thu Jun-09-05 08:47 AM
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Global spending on arms tops $1 trillion

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=645335

In 2004 - the sixth successive year in which arms spending increased - the global total spent on munitions topped $1 trillion for the first time since the height of the Cold War. In contrast, the amount spent on aid over the same period was $78.6bn.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=645335

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PsN2Wind

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Thu Jun-09-05 09:01 AM
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1. Well Yes

but the US ONLY spent half of it. Fortunately Rumsfeld admonished the Chinese for the tremendous amount they now spend. (sarcasm)

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