Appendix C
|
DEFENSE SPENDING (BILLION DOLLARS) |
STRENGTH* U.S. ARMY |
STRENGTH* U.S. AIR FORCE |
STRENGTH* U.S.NAVY |
STRENGTH* USMC |
|
|
1945 |
80.9 |
8,200,000 |
— |
3,300,000 |
475,000 |
|
1950 |
16.5 |
593,000 |
411,000 |
382,000 |
74,000 |
|
1955 |
32.9 |
1,100,000 |
960,000 |
661,000 |
205,000 |
|
1960 |
44.3 |
873,000 |
815,000 |
617,000 |
171,000 |
|
1965 |
50.6 |
963,000 |
825,000 |
670,000 |
190,000 |
|
1970 |
75.3 |
1,300,000 |
791,000 |
691,000 |
260,000 |
|
1975 |
86.0 |
784,000 |
613,000 |
535,000 |
196,000 |
|
1980 |
143.0 |
777,000 |
558,000 |
527,000 |
188,000 |
|
1985 |
294.0 |
781,000 |
602,000 |
571,000 |
198,000 |
|
1990 |
301.0 |
761,000 |
531,000 |
578,000 |
198,000 |
|
1995 |
252.6 |
509,000 |
401,000 |
435,000 |
175,000 |
|
2000 |
260.8 |
477,000 |
353,000 |
371,000 |
172,000 |
|
2005 |
401.7 |
489,000 |
352,000 |
359,000 |
179,000 |
|
2010 |
533.8 |
565,000 |
335,000 |
327,000 |
202,000 |
*Rounded to the thousands.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1992 (Government Printing Office, 1992), 334–342; Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), www.defense.gov/Releases. (1990–2011).