In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The US today spends more on its military capability than the next 12 powers combined. 

Reason: A large chunk of the Pentagon’s budget goes into military research and development, or, in other words, technology.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

But even more awesome than the absolute capabilities of the US is the fact that no other power today can remotely match them. The US today spends more on its military capability than the next 12 powers combined. Furthermore, a large chunk of the Pentagon’s budget goes into military research and development, or, in other words, technology. Thus, the military dominance of the US is not just based on higher military spending, but on a qualitative gap, a technological chasm that no other power can at present conceivably span.