Largest Military Expenditures, 2003


Rank Country ($ billions)
1. United States $417.4
2. Japan 46.9
3. United Kingdom 37.1
4. France 35.0
5. China 32.83
6. Germany 27.2
7. Italy 20.8
8. Iran4 19.2
9. Saudi Arabia 19.1
10. South Korea $13.9
11. Russia 13.03
12. India 12.4
13. Israel 10.0
14. Turkey 9.9
15. Brazil 9.2

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904504.html

lol

According to that the US accounts for 50% off all military spending.

I agree.. I agree... :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

still using that nick? :disgust

I'm sure the canadian army is bigger that the danish but we will run you over like a big truck!

Island wars are our specialty.... Since we have never been to war it just a might be at least :D

didn't the Canadian military try to 'do justice' on an indian reservation up there last year?

I will donate $10mill to the danish army to honor this case....... that is if I had $10mill at least....

They are so fucked up but they are in for a treat!

You mean what the British Did. Do you Canadians forget that your soverign is the Queen of England.

Some history for you Canadians with country self esteem issues. Really, to be proud of a war that ended in a stalemate is a joke. The *British* burned down the White House. Not Canadians. Your country didn't exist till 1868.

Back to the war with the British. Neither side could win decisive battles, which lead to the signing of the Peace Treaty in Ghent.

So, before you go half cocked, why don't you learn your history and get over yourself.

We are just letting you see what we want you to see...

We have Alien technology damnit !

Anthony are you ready to battle those fools along with us?

See you on little insignificant Island ready to end the vast of canadian army!

hahaha .. toooo cute

You are refering to the 1867 Canadian Confederation. But we were a nation, I mean two nations, long before that. even, In the 1600s, the name Canada was often used loosely to refer to New France..... :winkwink:

Lets just settle this with a friendly game of hockey.... eeeh... I mean soccer :winkwink:

its really ironic that 2 of the most peaceful countries are "fighting" over more ICE...jesus LOL :1orglaugh

I bet it will end out in one big beer browl :winkwink:

No, *Canada* was not a country in the 1600's. The United States was part of land that were known as the Americas long before we became a country. What's your point? Neither was a country.

Stop using the war of 1812 as something the Canadians did. The United Kingdom was a Super Power in those times. I will concede that it used troops from it's territory of Canada to stop an upstart country from taking possesion of more land.

Now as for the Quebecois... That's a mess I don't want to step in. :)

Not only that, but it came as a huge surprise even further, because it wasn't just simply "The British" that burned down the whitehouse, it was the British Navy.

However, there is massive dispute over that "chunk of ice" right now because of its geographical location & the ease with which anybody could send off missiles and hit pretty much any country in the Northern Hemisphere, from it.

Yeah right.. Our boys are killers.. We've never lost in battle.. Bring it.
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/programGuide/p...dutyvalour.jpg

Denmark lol..

Bah SHADDUP! :P

Not ice a rock
http://www.see-sig.com/hans.jpg

true :thumbsup

go Denmark!

diry_dane... lmao wtf

Denmark will get Pimp slapped :pimp

There wont be a war over a bloody rock. This argument has been going on for atleast a year from what I've heard.

Someone ran out of terrorist attack headlines and said, hey... Lets throw some fire on the great battle between Denmark and Canada for a fucking rock.

It's being going on for over 10 years now. But somehow I don't think our new Prime Minister will wait another 10 to resolve this dispute.

Hans Island? You can keep it.

hahaha
I am as patriotic as it gets.. and even I know our military is a joke! (if we ever had to use it) but since we're not fighting wars all the time we don't need it

It's a political issue, not a military one. Canadian and Danish negotiators will get drunk for a couple of nights and work out some percentages for profit on the island and then everything will be fine.

Canada likes to do business just like the adult crowd. We go to trade shows in great locations, get drunk with our friends, make a deal or two, and call it a good time.

I'm pretty sure that our government is going to "invade" Vegas sometime soon too :)

no offense but in what exactly.... :1orglaugh

Interesting military spending facts ... Israel spends almost as much as India and has about 1,050,000,000 people less. ;)

Message to the two great countries arguing in this thread - Have a beer and relax. :thumbsup

Who cares who got the biggest army, we got Carlsberg.
If we stop selling carlsberg to a country the damage would be at least 3 times bigger than any possible attack from a terroist.
The danes can outdrink any country in the world :winkwink:

Why do people often suggest that the Canadian military is a joke? Does it have any reason to spend more than the $10 billion a year it already spends? There's only 14 countries in the world that have more military spending than Canada, and all of them are allies to Canada except for maybe 3. So how much should Canada be spending? $20 billion? $30 billion? $40 billion?

Maybe it's just the fiscal conservative in me, but in my opinion, pointless overspending is the real joke, and choosing instead to invest in education, health care, and infrastructure is an excellent choice. Maybe that's one of the reasons Canada always ranks highly on quality of living surveys?