I'm saying an empire's wealth in large part is a function of it's military - in modern times, that would be the USA aircraft carriers parked off the persian gul

I'm saying an empire's wealth in large part is a function of it's military - in modern times, that would be the USA aircraft carriers parked off the persian gulf and china https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker