Defense Spending Out Of Control?

Reposted From April 18, 2012

Navy Looks for New Jet,
on Top of Its Trillion-Dollar Model
By Spencer Ackerman | Wired.com

April 17, 2012: "On Friday, the Navy quietly released a “market survey” asking the big defense contractors for their “candidate[s]” for “strike fighter aircraft” in the decades to come. Which is a little weird, considering the Pentagon is currently spending a trillion dollars on just such an aircraft: the troubled Joint Strike Fighter"

Graph Courtesy : National Priorities Project

U.S. vs. Global Defense Spending
by Laicie Olson | Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

May 21, 2010:

"The United States remains the global leader in defense spending, surpassing the next closest country by more than eight times."