Shashank Joshi✔@shashj
My piece for @TheEconomist looking at newly published @SIPRIorg figures on global military spending, which at $1.9trn stands at the highest level in real-terms since the end of the cold war—and is now likely to fall as covid-19 tanks the world economy https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/26/global-arms-spending-is-rising-but-covid-19-will-trim-budgets …
Global military spending saw largest increase in decade in 2019; China, India in top 3: Study
While the US drove the global growth, China and India — the top Asian military spenders — were respectively the second- and third-largest military spenders in the world, the report said. economictimes.indiatimes.com
Global military expenditure increased 3.6% in 2019. 1 -US, 2-China 3-India…. @SIPRIorg https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/global-military-spending-saw-largest-increase-in-decade-in-2019-china-india-in-top-3-study/articleshow/75404166.cms … v @EconomicTimes
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