All of the following are true about developing nations and military expenditures except which one?

[jeligula]

D is untrue. If they built war machines and sold them on the international market, then D would be true, but we are talking about third world countries. What they produce to defend themselves is used by themselves and not sold. Since building weapons costs money, this is a drain on the economy. In the past, the USSR was more than willing to sell the weapons to these countries, or provide them for free with "advisers".