| Worldwide Peace can be achieved with military budget in the world
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It has past more than 10 years since the cold war was over,
but there are yet a lot of conflicts and wars in the world.
For these conflicts and wars, tremendous amount of money are spent.
However, many things can be achieved with the money spent for military.
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* Annual Military Budget in the World (See Table below left) |
- Total amount is US$ 975 billion per year The U.S.A. shares 47% of the total;
the five UN Security Council members occupy 63%; and G8 shares 70%.
- Japan shares the fourth largest military budget in the world
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Annual Military Expenditure
Top 15 in the World
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| Rank |
Country |
Military
Expenditure
(Bill.$) |
| 1 |
USA |
455.3 |
| 2 |
UK |
47.4 |
| 3 |
France |
46.2 |
| 4 |
Japan |
42.2 |
| 5 |
China |
35.4 |
| 6 |
Germany |
33.9 |
| 7 |
Italy |
27.8 |
| 8 |
Russia |
19.4 |
| 9 |
Saudi Arabia |
19.3 |
| 10 |
South Korea |
15.5 |
| 11 |
India |
15.1 |
| 12 |
Israel |
10.7 |
| 13 |
Canada |
10.6 |
| 14 |
Turkey |
10.1 |
| 15 |
Australia |
10.1 |
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SIPRI 2004
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Armament Industry Big 20 in the World
(Excluding China)
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| Rank |
Country |
Company |
Arms Sells
(Bill.$) |
| 1 |
USA |
Lockheed Martin |
24.9 |
| 2 |
USA |
Boeing |
24.4 |
| 3 |
USA |
Northrop Grumman |
22.7 |
| 4 |
UK |
BAE System |
15.8 |
| 5 |
USA |
Raytheon |
15.5 |
| 6 |
USA |
General Dynamics |
13.1 |
| 7 |
France |
Thales |
8.4 |
| 8 |
Europe |
EADS |
8.0 |
| 9 |
USA |
United Technologies |
6.2 |
| 10 |
Italy |
Finmeccania |
5.3 |
| 11 |
USA |
L-3 Communiations |
4.5 |
| 12 |
USA |
Halliburton |
3.9 |
| 13 |
USA |
Computer Sciences |
3.8 |
| 14 |
USA |
SAIC |
3.7 |
| S |
USA |
Pratt & Whitney |
3.0 |
| 15 |
UK |
Rolls Royce |
3.0 |
| S |
Europe |
MBDA(BAE Systems, EADS) |
2.7 |
| 16 |
Japan |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
2.4 |
| 17 |
USA |
General Electric |
2.4 |
| 18 |
USA |
Honeywell International |
2.3 |
| S |
USA |
HBR(Halliburton) |
2.2 |
| 19 |
USA |
United Defence, UD |
2.1 |
| 20 |
UK |
GKN |
2.0 |
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SIPRI 2003
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*Companies with the designation S are subsidiaries.
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* With US$ 975 billion, it is possible:
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| <Debts> |
- to cancel all debts of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: $401 billion
61 countries are classified as low-income countries, including Afghanistan and Cambodia ($401 billion).
40 countries are classified as highly-indebted countries that cannot
pay their debts because of poverty, including Vietnam, Ethiopia and
Somalia etc ($220 billion)
*Medical supply, health and welfare can be improved by eliminating large amount of debts.
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| <Weapons>
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- to abolish arms in the world: $172 billion (Monterey International Institute)
- to abolish nuclear weapons: $60 billion (US: $30 billion, Russia: $20 billion)
- to eliminate chemical weapons: $50 billion (US: $15 billion, Russia: $15 billion)
- to purify land polluted by chemical weapons: $50 billion
- to eliminate ordinal and small-scale arms: $12 billion
*The total abolition of weapons can be achieved with a half of military expenditure spent by the U.S.A.
*It is unpredictable as to how long it will take to purify and recover lands contaminated by nuclear weapons.
It is clear that nuclear weapons shall be abolished right away.
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| <Land Mines>
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- to remove all land mines buried in the world: $33 billion
110 million of land mines are currently set in the world.
$300 or more is required to remove a single mine.
It means that it would be possible to remove all land mines with $33 billion.
(In Afghanistan, there are 10 million of land mines, which can be removed with $3 billion.)
->Removal of land mines brings people safe life.
- to give artificial legs and hands to all the victims of mines: $0.3 billion
250 thousands people are wounded by land mines.(500 thousands including dead ones)
25 thousands are sacrificed every year.
Therefore, it would be possible to give them artificial legs with $0.25 billion.
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| <Afghanistan>
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- to reconstruct Afghanistan: $25 billion (UNDP etc.)
There are 7.5 million refugees in and outside of Afghanistan.
It is estimated that $25 billion is required to provide safe life to all Afghans.
It is equivalent to a half of Japanese military expenditure and one tenth of that in the U.S.A.
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| <Food>
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- to provide food for a year to starved people (around 800 million): $98 billion
$1 can supply three persons of food for a day (FAO)
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| <Social Budget>
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- to provide supporting things like tents and blankets to 20 million refugees in the world:
$0.1 billion (UNICEF etc)
- to prevent children from losing their sight because of lack of vitamin: $20 million (WHO)
- to provide basic education to people all over the world: $6 billion (World Watch Institute)
- to provide safe drinking water and sewage equipments to people all over the world:
$9 billion (World Watch Institute)
- to provide health and hygienic expense for birth to pregnant women all over the world:
$12 billion (World Watch Institute)
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| <Desertification> |
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- to prevent the earth from becoming to the desert:
$8.7 billion (The United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification)
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In this way, we could solve all issues mentioned above with annual military budget
of the world when it is used for peaceful, humane and environmental activities.
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