2011 world military spending levels out: think tank

Stockholm (AFP) April 17, 2012 Global military spending levelled last year at 1.740 trillion dollars due to the economic crisis, almost unchanged in real terms since 2010, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Tuesday. "The small rise of just 0.3 percent in 2011 (compared to 2010) marks the end of a run of continuous increases in military spending between 1998 and 2010