FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Observers watch from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt as a U.S. F-18 fighter jet lands, in international waters off South China Sea. According to a report released Wednesday May 2, 2018, the Swedish arms watchdog Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said Global military spending rose to $1.739 trillion in 2017, a 1.1 percent increase on 2016, China continued its upward trend, and the United States’ military spending remained constant for the second consecutive year. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez, FILE)
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