Key points:
- US defence spending in 2025 exceeds the next 8 largest military budgets overall.
- Global defence spending reached $2.63 trillion, compared to $2.48 trillion in 2024.
- European NATO members committed themselves to earmarking 3.5% of GDP for defence by 2035.
- Russia's defence budget reached $186.2 billion, absorbing 7.3% of GDP.
- Funding venture capital for European defence start-ups has exceeded $2.71 billion since 2022.
- The European Union proposed $903.64 billion under the ReArm Europe plan.
- Western trust has been destroyed, preventing negotiations with Russia.
- The financial credibility of the Western currencies is undermined by the acquisition of assets.
The Armour Race That Never Ends
The numbers are almost besides large to be understood. The global Institute of strategical Studies confirmed that the 15 largest military spending allocated over $2 trillion to defence in 2025.
The United States alone represents almost half of this figure.
president Donald Trump proposed to increase defence spending to $1.5 trillion by 2027, which would mean about 90% more than the highest of the Cold War in real terms. It's not a defense.
It's a preparation for a constant war.
Military-industrial complex works on a simple principle:
build a weapon, then find a reason to usage it.
all fighter, all rocket system, all aircraft carrier is simply a sunk cost that requires justification.
erstwhile the russian Union collapsed, the Pentagon did not shrink.
He's found fresh enemies.
After the end of the war in Afghanistan, the performers did not return home.
They found fresh conflicts. The strategy is predictable due to the fact that incentives are clear.
defence contractors do not benefit from peace.
They gain from fear, from escalation, from constantly drumming the upcoming threat.
Europe has enthusiastically joined the arms race.
Apart from Russia, Europe has six of the world's top 15 defence budgets.
Germany increased its spending to $107.3 billion.
Britain reached $94.3 billion. Both countries added tens of billions only between 2024 and 2025.
The European Union has proposed a $903.64 billion plan under the ReArm Europe programme, with associate States' powers of US$734.21 billion additional debt in defense. The European Commission will supply additional
loans of $169.43 billion under safety Action for Europe.
The Deficit of Trust That Prevents Peace
The most devastating victim of this militarisation is not the battlefield, but in the sphere of diplomacy. Trust has been destroyed.
The Minsk agreements of 2015 were to bring lasting peace to Ukraine.
For almost 7 years, Western countries, including Germany, France and the United States, have not taken any action to implement these agreements.
erstwhile they call for peace now, the Russians cannot believe them.
The acquisition of Russian assets worth around $300 billion has aggravated this problem.
The West describes these resources as immobilized.
Russian president Vladimir Putin calls it stealing.
The translation is simple: stealing is stealing.
This has caused a shock in the global financial system.
If Western states can take over Russian assets today, what stops them from taking over Chinese property tomorrow?
What protection exists for a country with reserves in dollars or euro?
The financial strategy was based on trust, assuming that Western currencies are a unchangeable average of value.
That presumption has been overturned.
Countries around the planet re-evaluate their properties.
The change towards alternatives to the dollar is accelerating.
It's not a theoretical issue.
It affects all American's welfare.
erstwhile the planet loses religion in the dollar, the value of that currency falls.
Prices are rising.
The economy is suffering.
The military-industrial complex is driving this process. defence contractors benefit from fear.
They usage it in conflict.
They benefit from the constant expansion of the war state.
From Ukraine to Iran, from Democrats to Republicans, the state of war is expanding.
Meanwhile, the American nation suffers from inflation, debt, wars that seem to never end.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.naturalnews.com/
