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In One Year, US Military Spending Increased a Staggering 25%
24/7 Wall St. Insights In only one year, from 1981 to 1982, U.S. military spending increased by 25.55%. The 1980s saw the biggest rise in military spending in the past 50 years. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on U.S. military spending from the …