10 Countries Spending the Most on the Military

10 Countries Spending the Most on the Military
Crew members walk along F/A 18E Super Hornets on the flight deck of US nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a South Korean naval port in the southeastern port city of Busan on July 11, 2014. North Korea reacted angrily to the arrival of the 97,000-ton supercarrier for a joint salvation exercise with South Korea and Japan off the Korean peninsula in late July, calling it a serious provocation. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
Crew members walk along F/A 18E Super Hornets on the flight deck of US nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a South Korean naval port in the southeastern port city of Busan on July 11, 2014. North Korea reacted angrily to the arrival of the 97,000-ton supercarrier for a joint salvation exercise with South Korea and Japan off the Korean peninsula in late July, calling it a serious provocation. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Global military spending continued to decline last year. Although arms expenditure has actually increased in much of the world, military spending in the United States — which still accounted for 37% of total global military spending in 2013 — has declined in recent years.

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