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Watchdog: Global Military Spending up by 1.1 Percent

A Swedish arms watchdog says global military spending rose to $1.739 trillion last year, a 1.1 percent increase on 2016. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says China continued its upward trend that has lasted for more than two decades, Russian expenditure fell for the first time since 1998, and the United States' military spending remained constant for the second consecutive year. SIPRI chairman Jan Eliasson, presenting the report Wednesday, said that...

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