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FILE - A soldier fires a machine gun from a Leopard 2 tank at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. An independent Sweden-based watchdog says the world military spending has grown for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2240 billion leading to a sharp rise of 13% taking place in Europe, chiefly due to Russian and Ukrainian expenditure. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File )