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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by acveilleux on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:00AM (#10581025)
Just as scary, these numbers are small fractions on the US arms procurement budget.

DoD spent about $115B in 2013 and budgeted $100B in 2014 for procurement (PDF source: http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudge...)

That's a lot of weapons.

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by cdash on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:47AM (#10581336)
Also adding that the total military budget of the US is 600+ billion a year. Talk about scary and it is not just an idle threat. The US has killed more civilians than any other actor in the modern world.
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