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Defense Budget Pressures. Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database , October, 2012 . NATO, Press Release ( 2012) 047-REV1, 13 April 2012. The Tradeoff: Quantity and Quality. 1 Excludes Canada and Turkey. Source: NATO Press Release (2012) 047-REV1 13 April 2012.
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Defense Budget Pressures Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Database, October, 2012. NATO, Press Release (2012) 047-REV1, 13 April 2012
The Tradeoff: Quantity and Quality 1Excludes Canada and Turkey Source: NATO Press Release (2012) 047-REV1 13 April 2012
What if? • What size force could NATO Europe maintain if expenditure per member equaled that of US? • $268,131x 106 / $512,879= 522,796