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Just as scary, these numbers are small fractions on the US arms procurement budget. DoD spent about $115B in 2013 and budgeted $100B in 2014 for procurement (P
by acveilleux 11y ago
Just as scary, these numbers are small fractions on the US arms procurement budget.
DoD spent about $115B in 2013 and budgeted $100B in 2014 for procurement (PDF source: http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2014/fy2014_p1.pdf http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudge...)
That's a lot of weapons.
- cdash 11y agoAlso adding that the total military budget of the US is 600+ billion a year. Talk about scary and it is not just an idle threat. The US has killed more civilians than any other actor in the modern world.