LONDON – The cost of sending troops and military hardware around the world to provide security when and where it is needed is causing major financial headaches across Europe. Indeed, Europe’s finance ministries face a dilemma over how much of their stretched national budgets to allocate to the military; and European defense officials must somehow ensure that precious funding is spent in the most efficient manner.
伦敦－对由在必要的时候向需要安全保障的地区派出军队和提供武器装备的费用所引起的财政问题，欧洲各国都觉得非常头痛。事实上，欧洲各国的财政部都面临着将捉襟见肘的国家预算中多大一部分投入到军事上的两难问题；而且，欧洲各国的国防官员还必须在一定程度上保证宝贵的资金被以最有效的方式加以使用。