2007-01-20 23:11:30 · 7 answers · asked by mattykellyuk 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Ok thanks but i thought South Korea had the biggest army, thus spent the most. Does anyone know if they do have the biggest army?
2007-01-21 08:29:11 · update #1
First question is easy - The United States of America
Second question no one knows. The US Department of Defense has no idea how much it spends or what it spends the money on.
2007-01-20 23:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jack C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rank Country Military expenditures, USD Date of information
— World Total 899,235,600,000 —
1 United States United States 522,000,000,000 2005
European Union European Union 216,961,000,000 2006 est.
2 People's Republic of China People's Republic of China[1] 70,480,000,000 2005 (est.)
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 60,388,574,400 2006/07
4 France France 45,000,000,000 2005
5 Japan Japan 44,310,000,000 2005
6 Germany Germany 34,100,000,000 2004
7 Italy Italy 28,182,800,000 2003
8 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 25,400,000,000 2005
9 Russia Russia 23,470,000,000[2] 2006
10 South Korea South Korea 21,050,000,000 2005
2007-01-21 07:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by Beeswax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not saying the US is the wrong answer, but without facts in front of me, my best educated guess would be China.
They have just unveiled a hot new fighter jet, are working hard on building a first class navy, an huge army (even at their wages, the payroll has to megaHuge) and have the advantage of selling their old stuff to any third world nation that can pony up the money (giving them more capital to put in arms developement).
Again, just an informed guess
2007-01-21 07:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by jetero41 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The United States spends by far the most on weapons of mass destruction. They spend trillions on arms.
The US has bombed more countries this century than all the world put together.
They then have the audacity to tell the rest of the world that they are doing it all in the name of democracy and freedom.
Bullsh#t. Makes us all sick to the stomach.
2007-01-21 07:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 470 billion dollars is spent by the USA. Shockingly this does not even include spending on the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan which are funded by different schemes.
2007-01-21 07:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by Dave B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
who do you think America.hundreds of billions of dollars a year
they make and sell billions of dollars of arms every year.its big business for America.and millions of jobs depends on the arms
trade.and the uk is also one of the biggest sellers of arms in the world.
2007-01-21 07:20:18 · answer #6 · answered by peter o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA - 3.7 percent of every American tax dollar goes toward national defense.
2007-01-21 07:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by james 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋