Simplified, 全球军费开支全球 (global) 全 (whole) 球 (globe)
軍 (military) 費 (cost)
開支 (spending) 開 (open) 支 (pay)
Global military expenditures soared to a record high last year, unscathed by the economic downturn, with the United States accounting for more than half of increase, a think tank said Wednesday.
The United States remains by far the top military spender, dishing out 661 billion dollars to the industry in 2009, or a whopping 43 percent of the total global military expenditure.
China is believed to be the world's second largest military spender, the institute said, adding that while it did not have access to the official figures from Beijing it estimated the country had spent around 100 billion dollars in the sector last year.
Wednesday's SIPRI report also estimated that there were around 8,100 operational nuclear warheads in the arsenals of the world's eight nuclear-armed states: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan and Israel.
"Of these, almost 2,000 were kept on high alert and capable of being launched in minutes," the report said.
- Global military spending soars despite crisis: report, by Igor Gedilaghine, AFP
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