THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

(h/t Greg Scoblete at Real Clear World)


The US continues to dominate world expenditures on the military and there's really no meaningful change in site.  From a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute:

However, the USA continues to be exceptional in terms of its military spending. As well as being overwhelmingly the largest spender in absolute terms, with 43 per cent of the global total, six times its nearest rival China, it has led the way in the global increase since 2001, with an 81 per cent rise in real terms compared to 32.5 per cent in the ‘rest of the world’.
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Taken together, these figures suggest that the USA continues to prioritize maintaining its overwhelming military power as the basis of its security and status.

Here's a graph: