The war in Ukraine and tensions over China’s increased military clout pushed worldwide military spending to a record last year, and is expected to continue to boost demand for weapons.
Military spending rose by 3.7% to a record high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, according to data released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a think tank known as Sipri. The figures mark the eighth consecutive year of spending growth.
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