User 'toomuchtodo' gave us a good reference earlier in this discussion showing just how much the US spends. http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comp

User 'toomuchtodo' gave us a good reference earlier in this discussion showing just how much the US spends. http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison Also, I would argue that Russia isn't a good example to compare against because they are the cold war superpower that was overspending against the US to win the cold war, and it seems they, like the, US continue that trend.