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Data Shows Global Military Spending Rising

Carla Babb

   PENTAGON - Eighteen years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S.
   soil, the world's military spending is at an all-time high.

   According to data from the [1]Stockholm International Peace Research
   Institute, military spending was $1.8 trillion in 2018 alone, which
   SIPRI Senior Researcher Pieter Wezeman called a "worrying trend."

   "We have to see that as a warning signal, not necessarily something
   which will lead to war, but something which needs very close
   attention," Wezeman told VOA.

References

   1. https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2019/world-military-expenditure-grows-18-trillion-2018

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