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johannessimon81 on 15 Aug 12I suggested earlier today that the US military R&D spending was about 75% of all R&D spending worldwide. Leopold called me on it - and I have to admitt: it was BS. Apparently military R&D in the US is ~75% (82 billion $ in 2011) of the total non-health R&D. Unfortunately I could not find the source where I read the 75% figure initially to check their wording. Nonetheless: I think those 82 billion could be spent better (including giving them to me)...