The whole military spending thing is a bit misleading. There are no rivals to U.S.-NATO military spending. Not even close. The U.S. spends 3x as much as China and Russia put together. NATO Europe spends $240 billion a year on defence. Russia spends $47 billion. The UK alone ($55 billion) exceeds Russia in spending.
American politicians won't admit it, but one of the reasons for their massive military spending is as a government subsidy to key industries, and to divvy out pork barrel spending to congressional districts. The reason they spend so much has nothing to do with protecting other countries.
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