$40b sounds about right. Some of it goes through the Dept of Energy. mbs
-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ken hanly Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: US military expenditures I just quoted an article in a letter to the editor of a local paper that claimed that the US spent 40 billion a year maintaining,modernising, etc its nuclear capacity. I thought this must be too high but then I checked the US yearly military expenditure. It is 518 billion in 2005! -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 28722 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006
