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  "pillarKey": "defense",
  "title": "Defense & Security",
  "version": "56685b017111",
  "contentHash": "56685b017111d895f03a2e1157d2b3867cc59071ef3e5ac84214f126087b760d",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "partially-verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "defense",
    "rows": [
      {
        "country": "Bangladesh",
        "milExPctGdp": 0.94,
        "milExBillionUsd": 4.3,
        "color": "hsl(160, 45%, 32%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Vietnam",
        "milExPctGdp": 1.6,
        "milExBillionUsd": 7.7,
        "color": "hsl(220, 60%, 18%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Cambodia",
        "milExPctGdp": 1.5,
        "milExBillionUsd": 0.7,
        "color": "hsl(42, 80%, 55%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "India",
        "milExPctGdp": 2.4,
        "milExBillionUsd": 86.1,
        "color": "hsl(200, 60%, 45%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Indonesia",
        "milExPctGdp": 0.8,
        "milExBillionUsd": 9.2,
        "color": "hsl(280, 45%, 45%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Sri Lanka",
        "milExPctGdp": 1.7,
        "milExBillionUsd": 1.5,
        "color": "hsl(15, 70%, 50%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Myanmar",
        "milExPctGdp": 3.8,
        "milExBillionUsd": 2.6,
        "color": "hsl(340, 50%, 45%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Philippines",
        "milExPctGdp": 1.4,
        "milExBillionUsd": 5.1,
        "color": "hsl(180, 40%, 40%)"
      },
      {
        "country": "Pakistan",
        "milExPctGdp": 2.7,
        "milExBillionUsd": 10.2,
        "color": "hsl(0, 70%, 50%)"
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "BD Mil. Spend",
        "value": "$4.3B",
        "delta": "2024"
      },
      {
        "label": "BD as % GDP",
        "value": "0.94%",
        "delta": "Below regional avg."
      },
      {
        "label": "UN Peacekeepers",
        "value": "#1 contributor",
        "delta": "Bangladesh"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "ACLED Conflict Data",
        "url": "https://acleddata.com"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "registryStatus": "Partially Verified",
      "sourceVerified": false,
      "unverifiedFields": [
        "milExData.Vietnam",
        "milExData.Myanmar",
        "conflictEventData.Mar2025"
      ],
      "knownGaps": [
        "Internal security expenditure classification varies by year",
        "ACLED coverage of low-intensity events may be incomplete",
        "Peer military-expenditure and monthly ACLED event/fatality figures are drawn from the SIPRI/ACLED download but individual rows are pending line-by-line reconfirmation (see in-code VERIFY markers in defenseData.ts)"
      ]
    }
  }
}