2 Defense Stocks to Buy in February

2026-02-06 16:25:00 ET

Global military spending hit a record $2.7 trillion during 2024. The U.S. alone makes up about half of that figure with its 2026 budget coming in at $1.48 trillion, up about half a trillion dollars from 2025.

But perhaps the biggest surprise in 2025 was Germany boosting its defense spending to become the fourth-largest spender on the planet behind the U.S., China, and Russia.

Indeed, Germany spent 86 billion euros on modernizing its military in 2025. And in the 2026 budget passed by the Bundestag in November 2025, that number swelled 25% to 108 billion euros. The goal is to eventually hit 152 billion euros in defense spending by 2029.

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