defense budget
Armed forces allocation
A defense budget is the portion of a government's spending allocated to military purposes—personnel, weapons, operations, and infrastructure.
The term appears constantly in political debate, where hawks argue for increases and critics question priorities: The defense budget exceeds the next ten countries combined.
Also called military budget.
- military doctrinePrinciples guiding armed forces
- armyOrganized land-based military
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- navyMaritime military force
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- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- Federal Spendingmilitary spending, healthcare spending, infrastructure spending, education funding, interest payments
- defensedefending, protecting, protection, security, safety
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- budgetsexpenditures, expenses, allocations, appropriations, expenditure
- public policypolicy making, policy reform, economic policy, policy recommendations, education policy
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Government outlays for citizens
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Decreased military spending
demilitarization · disarmament · arms reduction · antimilitarism · austerity measures
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