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"If only a small fraction of the military expenses could be
used for something else we could accomplish very much. There
is no need for new money, but with refrain from producing
mass destruction weapon we could free resurses to fight
hunger and the worse need in the world.
Ingvar Carlsson,
f. Prime Minister of Sweden, 1998
This is the costs:
A Stealth-bombing aeroplane costs $2.200.000.000, which is about
the costs for giving advice on family planning during one year to 120 million
women in the third world.
One Tomahawk-cruise missile costs $1.730.000, which is the cost for drilling
1.200 hand pumped wells for families without water.
One Hornet-combat airplane costs $50.000.000 which is the cost for 5.000.000
mosquito net which is neaded to reduce the spread of Malaria.
One Trident-missile with ten nuclearweapon warhead costs $50.000.000 which is
the cost for giving Vitamine A nutritional supplements tol 100.000.000 children
during one year.
One robot artillery system (MLRS) costs $29.000.000, which is equivalent to the
cost for giving one years supply to water and sanitary for 2.000.000 people in
the third world. |
Source: World Military and Social
Expenditures 1996 by Ruth Leger Sivard.
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