The world has been arming itself with military weapons with a worrisome pace since the end of the Cold War in 1989.According ...

Global military spending hit $2.718 trillion in 2024, including nearly $1 trillion spent by the United States, according to ...

To put U.S. military spending in context, consider GDP and population shares relative to the rest of the world, as of 2013. The pie charts demonstrate that the United States accounts for a larger ...

G lobal military spending reached a record high of $2.7 trillion last year, according to the latest data by the Stockholm ...

An annual report on global military spending shows that Ukraine is spending more of its GDP on defense than any other country ...

World military expenditure had the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, driven by an increase in spending by Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Global defense ...

shakes hands with United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Tokyo on March 30, 2025. Kyodo via AP Images Japan's Kyodo News reported that increasing defense spending enables Japan to acquire ...

"There has been a steady buildup in US military spending and the spending on security, defense and law enforcement agencies in general. It has already exceeded $1 trillion, a staggering figure.