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According to this White House document, the U.S. military budget for the fiscal year 2003 was $379 billion, an increase of roughly $48 billion from the year before. This budget represents roughly 18% of the federal budget, and 53% of the total discretionary money controlled by the Congress and the Administration. The increase alone was larger than the annual military budget of any other country. From the $379 billion figure, the worldwide list drops precipitously to $34.8 billion for the United Kingdom, $29 billion for Russia, $27 billion for France, and $23.1 billion for Germany. Next year, the budget is expected to increase to roughly $400 billion. Yahoo!
has a category dedicated to U.S. military spending that features a number of relevant resources, including this table of U.S. military spending since 1945. The U.S. military budget shows no signs of decreasing. According to a story in USA Today, Congress is pushing for the first increase in U.S. military troop numbers in 16 years.
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