{"asOf":"2026-09-05","merchant":"SSDF INC","kind":"tam","title":"Do not confuse the TAMs","body":"SIPRI military expenditure for 2025 is about $2.887 trillion globally, with the United States at $954 billion. Vendor 'defense market' reports that print $500–$590 billion are a different product (equipment and services TAM), not SIPRI spending. Neither number is a reason to sell NIST's free controls as a $69 protocol.","sipri2025UsdTn":"2.887","sipriUs2025UsdBn":"954","cites":["https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2026/global-military-spending-rise-continues-european-and-asian-expenditures-surge"]}