 Note: This site provides recent data on the military expenditure of 171 countries.  Arms Imports US$ Million, North and South Korea, 1999-2008
Source: Arms Transfer Database Swedish International Peace Research Institute, 2009 [Accessed 9 June 2009]. Available from http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/transfers For discussion see June 2009 Pyongyang Report “Unravelling the Geopolitics of the US-DPRK Standoff” by Tim Beal:
Arms Exports US$ Million, South & North Korea 1999 - 2008
Source: Arms Transfer Database Swedish International Peace Research Institute, 2009 [Accessed 9 June 2009]. Available from http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/transfers For discussion see June 2009 Pyongyang Report “Unravelling the Geopolitics of the US-DPRK Standoff” by Tim Beal: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplabtb/dprk/pyr_index.html
Comparative Military Statistics - USA, ROK, Japan and DPRK
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_size_of_armed_forces#cite_note-31 NOTE. In an article published in the Asia Chroncile 25th June 2009, John Feffer suggests that DPRK military expenditure is much lower than commonly estimated at about $500.000 per year! "North Korea has a lot of people in uniform, and its artillery can cause horrific damage to Seoul. But North Korea spends about half a billion dollars a year on its military. South Korea alone spends 40 times that amount. And theUnited States spends 1,000 times more. Neither China nor Russia would support any North Korean military action. Militarily speaking, North Korea is a kamikaze country. It can inflict damage, but only in a suicide attack and only close to home." John Feffer, an expert on Korea, is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.
US Federal Budget Fiscal year 2009. Total Outlays (Federal Funds): $2,650 billion
HOW THESE FIGURES WERE DETERMINED
Source: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm INTERESTING ESSAY: WHY AMERICA NEEDS WAR by Jacques R. Pauwels http://archive.indymedia.be/news/2003/04/60213.html |
urrent military” includes Dept. of Defense ($653 billion), the military portion from other departments ($150 billion), and an additional $162 billion to supplement the Budget’s misleading and vast underestimate of only $38 billion for the “war on terror.” “Past military” represents veterans’ benefits plus 80% of the interest on the debt.*