Depends on the year: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-s

Depends on the year: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/mili... It's massively outpaced inflation on the total timeframe 2000 - 2021 (2.3x vs 1.6x), but dropped from 2011-2014. Also a % of GDP it's on par with 2002 today.