War Clock

The United States spends $886 billion per year on its military — more than the next 10 countries combined. That's $2.4 billion every single day, whether we're at war or not.

Since you started reading this paragraph, roughly $140,000 has been spent. In the time it takes to brew a cup of coffee, another $8.4 million is gone.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

What Else Could This Buy?

• 💊 $28,095 (1 second) = One year of health insurance for a family
• 🎓 $1.7M (1 minute) = 42 full college scholarships
• 🏥 $101M (1 hour) = A new hospital
• 🏘️ $2.4B (1 day) = 9,600 affordable homes

The Numbers Don't Lie

The total cost of all US wars since 1776: $11.3 trillion (inflation-adjusted). Over 1 million American service members killed. Over 5 million civilian casualties. And 469 military interventions — most of them undeclared by Congress.

Source: Congressional Research Service, Watson Institute at Brown University, Department of Defense.