Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion By Tim Martin at BreakingDefense Global military expenditure surged to a record $2.44 trillion in 2023, the largest year-on-year rise on weapons spending since 2009, according to a new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report. The report, published today, said that the new figure is an “all time high,” equivalent to a 6.8 percent increase on spending in 2022 and marking the ninth consecutive...
Westchester's bustling film industry is continuing to generate billions of dollars in economic activity as it grows more and more successful, officials announced. According to a new report detailed by county officials on Wednesday, April 17, film production in Westchester generated $2 billion in economic activity in both 2022 and 2023. The industry also created 6,796 jobs and $656 million in wages during the two-year period, officials added. This success came despite several factors that...
Yuval RosenbergApril 23, 2024We told you earlier this month that global defense spending had reached a record $2.2 trillion last year. A study
The US remains the world’s largest defense spender, outlaying $916 billion last year, a 2.3 percent annual increase, ahead of China in second place, which spent an estimated $296 billion, a 6 percent increase over the same period.
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A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane crashed into the Tanana River near