US defense spending declined after World War II but increased as the Cold War heated up.
Explanation:
A military budget of an entity, more often than not of a nation or a state, is the budget and the financial resources devoted to raising and maintaining the armed forces of that entity. The budgets reflect how an entity perceives the risk of threats against it, or the amount of aggressions that it wishes to use. It also provides an idea of how much could be provided for next year.
In general, the excluded expenses are:
