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Based on http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS France 2.1% of GDP. The consensus number i
by sremani 10y ago
Based on http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
France 2.1% of GDP. The consensus number is more of less 3%.
edit: I was wrong, 2% is the right number.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoActually its 2%. Only the UK, Poland, Greece, and Estonia reached those levels in 2015. http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/news/nato-spending-countries/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/news/nato-spending-countries... You are right, the German military is at best a target for the Russians to calibrate their weapons and to draw the US in.
- achamayou 10y agoWhose consensus? Only five countries in the world spend more than 3%, and at 2.1% France is the largest spender in NATO behind the US. Russia spends less than France and Italy combined in dollars. In % of GDP, China is at 1.9%. Just below France and the UK.
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