total budget of the EU on Military: $226.73 billion
total nominal GDP: $16.97 trillion
total budget of the US on Military: $3.97 trillion
total nominal GDP: $18.56 trillion
total nominal GDP: $16.97 trillion
total budget of the US on Military: $3.97 trillion
total nominal GDP: $18.56 trillion
Annual US military budget for 2016: 521.7 billion $
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...
Annual EU military budget for 2015: 203.143 billion Euros
http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/Brief_10_Defence_spen...
> Expenditures
> Budget $226.73 billion (2016)
And again this has nothing to do with spending, France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands combined export more arms than the US while having approximately the same population.
Overall the EU as a whole exports more arms per capita than the US, you might not like buying guns but you sure love selling them.
Another perspective would be to check the nationality of the largest weapons manufacturers, 6 US companies in the Top 10, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companies_by_arms_sales
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_larges...