but, .....I repeat myself.
| Suppose you were a heartless bastard, and suppose you were a Republican, but, .....I repeat myself. Mark Twain
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Conservatives have been complaining that France carries far to much weight in international affairs, just by looking at the numbers one can't help but disagree. It has the third largest Military in the world (assuming that their is a relationship between military expenditures, efficiency & size), the fourth largest Nuclear Arsenal and the seventh largest economy in the world. | Rank | Country | Military expenditures - dollar figure | Date of Information | | 1 | United States | $ 276,700,000,000 | NA | | 2 | China | $ 55,910,000,000 | FY02 | | 3 | France | $ 46,500,000,000 | 2000 | | 4 | Japan | $ 39,520,000,000 | FY02 | | 5 | Germany | $ 38,800,000,000 | 2002 | | 6 | United Kingdom | $ 31,700,000,000 | 2002 | | 7 | Italy | $ 20,200,000,000 | 2002 | | 8 | Saudi Arabia | $ 18,300,000,000 | NA | | 9 | Brazil | $ 13,408,000,000 | NA | | 10 | South Korea | $ 13,094,300,000 | FY02 |
| Rank | Country | GDP | Date of Information | | 1 | World | $ 49,000,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 2 | United States | $ 10,450,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 3 | China | $ 5,989,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 4 | Japan | $ 3,651,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 5 | India | $ 2,664,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 6 | Germany | $ 2,160,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 7 | France | $ 1,558,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 8 | United Kingdom | $ 1,528,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 9 | Italy | $ 1,455,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | | 10 | Russia | $ 1,409,000,000,000 | 2002 est. | List of countries in order of number of deployed weapons
- United States - 10,450
- Russia - 8,400
- China - 400
- France - 350
- United Kingdom - 200
- India - 60-90
- Pakistan - 24-48
The Tables are from the CIA world fact book, the list is from WIKIPEDIA.
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