Why is worldwide military spending going up? | Inside Story

It's often said that war is good for business.
Conflicts drive up demand for weapons, defence equipment and soldiers.
It appears last year was a bumper year.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says global military spending grew to nearly two trillion dollars, a 3.6 percent increase on 2018 and the highest level rise in 10 years.
Five countries - the US, China, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia - account for more than 60 percent of the expenditure.
Will the upward trend continue as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the world's economies?

Presneter: Bernard Smith

Guests:
Pieter Wezeman - Senior Researcher of the Arms and Military Expenditure Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Adam Ni - Director of the Australia-based China Policy Centre

Andrew Smith - Spokesman for the Campaign Against Arms Trade

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[frankparker]

Saudi doesn't have a 'military'. All of their troops are Pakistanis or other mercs.

[ebrahimcajee]

CRAZY, theirs a shortage of ventilators but no shortage of weapons

[Ravi-otxj]

Whenever Germany increases military spending, then you know something is cooking.

[falcon]

Why not put those bucks towards a cure for Dandruff.

[JA-vznl]

"Two Asian countries are in the top three for military spending for the very first time.."
'Merica: *laughs in bullets*

[ya]

They got money f0r war . but can't feed the poor

-TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR -

[dumpjohn]

We need to protect ourselves from ourselves

[swishswish]

Germany: *is arming*
Europe: *sweats nervously*

[thewisemen]

"Military spending Military Capability is Important for Foreign Policy"
Behind scene - Guys with Big guns aiming at another guy with Pistols , -" Deal or no deal ?!"
Its the Brutal Truth no Teacher would teach you this in School.

[tomservo]

why is this even a question, we already lived through this 'pattern' twice -- both times ended in World Wars

[vanmytrinh]

Why US needs over 800 military bases worldwide? And thousand NGO?

[nithinpavithran]

India being 3rd largest military spender successfully skipped through the radar.

[drivenbyrage]

A large portion of the United States military budget go to maintaining an estimated 800 to 1000 bases around the world. China has only one.

[AtulMishra-ufzc]

Why a QATARI news channel never reports about qutar.. Is qutar no more in world map??

[uzochiokeke]

ok i get why people criticize the US for increasing military spending but many developing countries are modernizing their armies to adapt to the current level of technology so that they can protect themselves.

[susangomes]

India’s military spending of $71 billion was 6.8% higher over its 2018 expenditure. It grew by 259% over a 30-year period stretching from 1990 to 2019 and by 37% over the 2010-19 decade. However, in terms of GDP, New Delhi’s military burden fell from 2.7% in 2010 to 2.4% of GDP in 2019.

[bentrider]

Why is the worldwide spending on Military increasing? The same reason it exists in the first place. Fear.

[morecringe]

Because if you knew anything about any army, it is about money and contracts.

[johnathansmith]

Not just one reason, but many. Of them all, I believe the most important is: The Antichrist must come in. Socialism has being replacing all Democracies, and lately, even in the USA, Democracy is replaced with IDIOCRACY, where idiots are trying to Govern. As it happens, China is the greatest Socialist-Communist regime in the World. Would we like to be Governed by such ideology? The end conflict will have to do with Freedom, before His Kingdom comes (which we all have prayed, for centuries now; maybe it will come now, with Force).

[aek]

A little fact about India. Most of the Military budget here spent on paying the salaries and pensions of military personnel. We just invest that in India. We don't have money to buy weapons. We are a poor country.