Institute of International Strategy in English Think Tank: Global defense expenditure in 2019 increases by 4% The US defense support continues to increase. One of the new uses is to build border fences to block illegal immigrants.The picture shows the area adjacent to the Mexico border in New Mexico. There was only Normandy Fencing (foreground) before, and now it has built a new wall (the vision behind it).The Ministry of National Defense has just announced another $ 3.8 billion to build the wall.(Agence France -Presse)
(Munich French New Dian) The report from the Institute of International Strategy (IISS) of the British Think Tank shows that the global defense expenditure in 2019 has increased by 4%, the largest increase in 10 years, of which the US and Chinese military expenses have increased the most, which has increased by 6.6%.It reached 684.6 billion (about 952.8 billion yuan) and $ 181.1 billion (about S $ 252 billion).
China Military Modernization Program surprised Washington
The report pointed out that China's military modernization plan surprised Washington.In October last year, Beijing tried to shoot the Dongfeng-17 voice-over speed missile that was difficult to detect and flight speed.It says that China's military modernization plan is noticeable in scale, speed, and aspirations.
IISS said that this prompted the United States to increase defense expenses and enhance military capabilities; the US alone from 2018 to 2019 increased by 53.4 billion US dollars (about S $ 74.3 billion), which is almost equal to Britain's total defense budget.
European military spending has also increased by 4.2 %, which is mainly based on continuous concerns about Russia.Russia is also conducting military modernization and announced that its hypersonic missile system has been put into operation.There is no warning before launching by the supersonic missile. It has the speed and flexible characteristics of its existing defense systems, which makes the West more worry.
European Member State has been trying to increase national defense expenditure to appease US President Trump.Trump frequently accused European allies, especially Germany, failed to fulfill its commitment to NATO in 2014, and the national defense funding will be raised to 2%of the GDP; he has repeatedly accused these countries the cheapness of the United States.
American House Speaker Perosi warned at the Munich International Security Conference on Friday that international arms control is suffering from restless erosion.She said: The irresponsible national government is accelerating the pursuit of nuclear power and missile strength.The world will not afford this kind of arms competition.
As for Asia, with the good economic development, Asian countries have the ability to increase military investment; in the past 10 years, Asia's military expenditure has increased by more than half, from 275 billion US dollars (about 382.7 billion yuan) in 2010 to 423 billion in 2019US dollar (about S $ 588.7 billion).
