This nation was only behind the United States and China in this area globally, an article from News Behind The News website reveals.

The United States accounted for 39 percent of the money spent on military globally, followed by China with 13 percent and India 3.7 percent, according to the source.

Other top spenders included Russia with 61.7 billion dollars, the United Kingdom 59.2 billion dollars and Saudi Arabia 57.5 billion dollars, followed by Germany and France at just under 53 billion dollars each.

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