"Africa Is Arming Faster Than Any Other Continent" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Apr 2014 9:20 p.m. PST |
"African governments are spending huge sums acquiring new weaponry. Military budgets on the continent increased 8.3 percent on average from 2012 to 2013—and a whopping 81 percent between 2004 to 2013, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. No other region, not even Asia or the Middle East, is boosting its arms spending that fast. The growth rates look less impressive in absolute terms, as most African countries have a small economic base. But the old stereotype—Africa as a military backwater—is now hopelessly inaccurate…"
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 Legion 4   | 18 Apr 2014 9:34 p.m. PST |
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| darthfozzywig | 18 Apr 2014 9:38 p.m. PST |
Third World's gotta be first in something… |
| Paul B | 18 Apr 2014 11:37 p.m. PST |
Good to know our aid money is being spent in such a worthwhile way, I'd hate to think it was being wasted on education or hospitals. |
| Chuckaroobob | 19 Apr 2014 6:41 a.m. PST |
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| Mako11 | 19 Apr 2014 4:22 p.m. PST |
I have to disagree with the premise. It IS still a military backwater, though perhaps a bit better armed now than in the past. No doubt, a few dozen conflicts/wars will fix that in short order. |
| jurgenation | 19 Apr 2014 5:51 p.m. PST |
They are big spenders and don't take care of their equipment so they have to buy more. |
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plays Ambush Alley at Council of Five Nations.
