As of 2013, the United States spends about $554.2 billion annually to fund its military forces, and appropriates approximately $88.5 billion to fund Overseas Contingency Operations. Put together, the United States constitutes roughly 39 percent of the world's military expenditures.
the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of a particular element. In a neutral atom, the atomic number equals the number of electrons. See also atom, electron, proton.
Atomic Number (Z) = Number of protons =Number of electrons. For example, an atom of magnesium contains 12 protons, therefore, its atomic number is 12. All the atoms of a particular element contain same number of protons in their nuclei. Therefore, all the atoms of an element have same atomic number.