Background on Homeland Security |
Homeland Security topics in the 2024 election cycle:
Military spending by top ten countries (in billions in 2024): | |
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Country | 2015 spending (billions) |
United States | $581 |
China | $129 |
Saudi Arabia | $81 |
Russia | $70 |
United Kingdom | $62 |
France | $53 |
Japan | $48 |
India | $45 |
Germany | $44 |
South Korea | $34 |
Brazil | $32 |
Italy | $24 |
Israel | $23 |
Australia | $23 |
Iraq | $19 |
Total non-U.S. | $687 |
U.S. Bases in Europe / | U.S. Bases in the Mideast / | U.S. Bases elsewhere in the world | |||
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16 | Afghanistan | 2 | Australia | ||
62 | Germany | 3 | Bahrain | 1 | Brazil |
1 | Greece | 1 | Diego Garcia | 1 | Cuba |
1 | Greenland | 1 | Djibouti | 2 | Guam |
124 | Italy | 2 | Israel | 1 | Honduras |
1 | Kosovo | 4 | Kuwait | 103 | Japan |
1 | Netherlands | 2 | Oman | 1 | Singapore |
1 | Portugal | 3 | Pakistan | 48 | South Korea |
2 | Spain | 1 | Qatar | ||
1 | Turkey | 1 | Saudi Arabia | ||
5 | United Kingdom | 3 | U.A.E. |
In early 2008, the first military tribunals were held to determine these prisoners' status. As of 2016, eighty prisoners remain out of 780 that have been held over the years.
In general, calling for abrogating the ABM Treaty implies support for NMD, while supporting nuclear test bans of any kind implies opposition to NMD.
2012 update: The figures below represent consistent totals to allow comparisons between countries. Since those figures were gathered, nuclear reductions have occured, reducing the total number of warheads worldwide to 20,500, of which 8,500 belong to the United States.
Country | Nuclear Status | Signed |
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China | 400 warheads; at most 50 on ICBMs; 45 nuclear tests | 9/24/96; unratified. |
France | 450 warheads; 210 nuclear tests | 9/24/96; ratified 4/6/98 |
India | Conducted tests, 1998 | Unsigned |
Iran | Seeking nuclear capability | 9/24/96 |
Iraq | Sought nuclear capability under Saddam Hussein | Unsigned |
Israel | Unacknowledged nuclear capability | 9/25/96; unratified. |
North Korea | Conducted tests, 2006 | Unsigned |
Pakistan | Conducted tests, 1998 | Unsigned |
Russia | 23,000 warheads; 715 nuclear tests; 3,630 warheads on ICBMs, including missiles in Belarus, Ukraine, & Kazakhstan | 9/24/96; unratified. |
South Africa | Developed weapons but relinquished them in 1993 | 9/24/96; unratified. |
United Kingdom | 260 warheads; 45 nuclear tests. | 9/24/96; ratified 4/6/98 |
United States | 1,030 nuclear tests and 12,000 warheads, including 2,000 ICBMs & 3,450 SLBMs. | 9/24/96; rejected 10/13/99. |
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