Hacker News with Generative AI: Military Spending

America's nuclear arsenal to cost $946B over next decade (breakingdefense.com)
WASHINGTON — America’s nuclear arsenal will cost $946 billion over the next decade, an estimated total that rose by 25 percent over the last two years, according to a new report [PDF] from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Military Spending, Nuclear Weapons, Government Spending, United States

60 points by geox 27 days ago | 80 comments

China's Defense Budget Is Much Bigger Than It Looks (2023) (foreignpolicy.com)
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan recently revealed that U.S. government estimates put the Chinese annual defense budget at around $700 billion. That is far higher than previous estimates and almost on par with the United States’ 2023 defense budget of just over $800 billion.

Military Spending, China, United States, International Relations, Defense Budgets

3 points by walterbell 74 days ago | 3 comments