主题：【原创】埃及又乱——民主的黎明 -- cmosplay

In terms of numbers, according to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly magazine, the Egyptian army budget is estimated at nearly US $5 billion, in addition to US $1.3 billion in the form of US military aid. This ranks Egypt tenth globally, in terms of the size of its active armed forces. If we compare the defense budget to the state budget, Egypt spends on defense – in terms of percentages – the equivalent of China’s spending [on defense], although the latter has advanced weapons factories and large nuclear facilities.

Some estimates indicate that Egypt’s actual military budget may in fact exceed US $10 to 14 billion per year, if we take into account the size of the army’s economic cycle itself, according to Professor Paul Sullivan of Georgetown University. This is to say that the volume of production from the military establishment ranges from 10 to 30 percent of Egypt’s GDP (Time Magazine, Feb. 9, 2011).