Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Defence
Release : 2007-01
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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UK Defence Statistics 2006 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook UK Defence Statistics 2006 write by Great Britain: Ministry of Defence. This book was released on 2007-01. UK Defence Statistics 2006 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. UK Defence statistics is an annual publication containing statistical information on all areas of defence, including: finance; personnel; formations, vessels, aircraft and vehicles of the armed forces; aircraft accidents, casualties, flying hours and vehicle accidents; military search and rescue; land holdings and buildings; Northern Ireland, military aid to civil authorities and conflict prevention. For example, some of the main findings include: defence spending, in the 2005/06 period totalled nearly £33.2 billion; the total value of MoD fixed assets was £95.3 billion as at 31 March 2006, whilst the value of land and buildings owned by the MoD totalled nearly £18.5 billion; in 2005/06, the MoD spent around £1.2 billion on conflict prevention worldwide, with the latest estimated cost in Iraq in 2005/06 being £958 million; in 2005 the total worldwide military expenditure is estimated to be just over US $1001 billion at 2003 prices, with the USA the world's largest military spender accounting for 48 per cent of worldwide expenditure in 2005, with the UK the second largest, at 5 per cent.