80年代是美国自二次大战以来军费增长最为迅猛的时期。从1980年到1986年这七年中,五角大楼在维持和扩大常规武器和核力量方面花费了1.5万亿美元。根据里根的五年计划,政府将在1987年到1991年之间再拨给五角大楼1.5万亿美元。与此相比,从40年代到70年代,美国为创立一支全球性的军事力量共投入了2万亿美元。 The 1980s were the period during which the U.S. military spending increased most rapidly since the Second World War. During the seven years between 1980 and 1986, the Pentagon spent $ 1.5 trillion on maintaining and expanding conventional arms and nuclear forces. According to Reagan’s five-year plan, the government will allocate another $ 1.5 trillion to the Pentagon between 1987 and 1991. In contrast, from the 1940s to the 1970s, the United States invested a total of 2 trillion U.S. dollars in creating a global military force.