defense budgets
Armed forces funding
Defense budgets are government allocations for military spending—funding armed forces, weapons systems, personnel, and national security operations.
The term appears constantly in political debate, where critics may call them bloated while supporters argue they're essential: Congress approved a massive increase in the defense budget.
Often shortened to defense spending.
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- budget forecastingProjecting future income and expenses
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
threat assessment · training programs · nuclear deterrence · arms race · opportunity cost · artillery · cyber warfare · government policy · body armor · contingency planning · Congress · risk management · radar systems · military alliances · spending · weapons · intelligence gathering · black budget
- NATOArticle 5, military alliance, alliance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, member states
- defense procurementmilitary procurement, military contracts, government contracts, bidding, bids
- African military
- military recordsmilitary records, service records, after action report, military rosters, military archives
- rearmamentmilitary spending, armament, stockpiling, missile program, naval buildup
defense budgetshealthcare spending
Resources devoted to medicine
entitlement programs · foreign aid · welfare spending · social services · infrastructure investment
defense budgetsdefense cuts
Decreased military spending
demilitarization · austerity measures · deficit reduction · sequestration